I was wondering about the PAYGO thing. He was saying basically that the Rs wanted him to wait two weeks but he decided to sign it today anyway because he GNFs. So, that is concerning.
Oh did they? I’ve been on vacation so I admit I’m not following that closely anymore. #selfpreservation
Enjoy your vacation! I got a few notices this morning that congress agreed to waive paygo rules. Several emails today about how that allowed the option for him to sign now.
Post by seeyalater52 on Dec 22, 2017 11:39:53 GMT -5
Oh! It was in the CR. I missed it due to the distraction on the CHIP patch funding and Public Health and Prevention Fund cuts. God that CR is a damn mess.
I am just annoyed on a personal front that we’ve been expecting this to get signed in Jan which would mean we don’t need to include this in our year end numbers. But now we do! (Luckily we are ready. Just annoyed)
Yes, he is babbling on MSNBC right now about it. He makes no sense and is lying as usual.
He’s embarrassing. I really expected a giant production for this signing and am disappointed he signed it at his desk. At least do it in front of a Christmas tree!!
I saw the quote about “I saw on TV this morning that people were saying ‘would he sign it?’ And I said ‘get it ready to sign.’” Ohhh but we don’t have time to watch TV right??
I was shouting that at the television. For someone who claims to not have time to watch television, he sure talks about what we saw on the networks a lot.
Oh no? He signed it already? Fuuuuuuck. The PAYGO thing hasn’t been settled yet so that’s bad news for Medicare in 2018. He was expected to hold off on signing until the new year for this reason so the cuts wouldn’t go into effect until 2019 (and more time for Congress to course correct.) FML.
I commented on this in the Trump thread.
Someone on NPR yesterday said that it’s bodes well for midterms if he signs it this year because people will start to see the negative effects in 2018 instead of 2019.
I hate to say it but I kind of hope that my mom gets kicked in the pants short-term over the Medicaid issue. Not long enough to cause injury, but long enough for her to see the harm that these policies cause to her and those like her. She's all-in for Trump and Rs and just-doesn't-get-it even though it affects her directly. She's on SocSec, barely scrapes by, has medical issues and is on the state welfare program (and yeah, ACA but "Obamacare!") Thankfully it's been 24 hours and she hasn't mentioned Trump or politics once yet. I'm keeping the television off because she's Fox News. Nine more days.
Oh no? He signed it already? Fuuuuuuck. The PAYGO thing hasn’t been settled yet so that’s bad news for Medicare in 2018. He was expected to hold off on signing until the new year for this reason so the cuts wouldn’t go into effect until 2019 (and more time for Congress to course correct.) FML.
I commented on this in the Trump thread.
Someone on NPR yesterday said that it’s bodes well for midterms if he signs it this year because people will start to see the negative effects in 2018 instead of 2019.
Just to clarify, the PAYGO thing is a non-issue since I didnt realize it was waived as part of the CR. So the effect in Medicare won’t be felt at all, since what they waived was the mandatory furlough in that program and a few others. The tax provisions go into effect in 2018 and there is a subset of people whose taxes will go up (although in the short term that group of people is fairly small) but most people won’t notice that they did or didn’t get a tax decrease before they file their 2018 taxes, which will happen well after midterms. People are angry about the bill and it’s very unpopular so that doesn’t bode well, but I am doubtful the actual changes it makes will make any difference in midterms other than arguably freeing up even more money for wealthy people and corporations to contribute to conservative campaigns. Overall I am optimistic about midterms but just not for this reason.