{"id":258168,"date":"2017-12-15T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=258168"},"modified":"2017-12-18T16:48:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T21:48:58","slug":"the-tax-bill-will-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2017\/12\/15\/the-tax-bill-will-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tax Bill Will Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Folks, this is funny. During the break, I checked the email. I\u2019ve got an email from a friend that says, &#8220;Hey, Rush, I\u2019m in D.C. I\u2019m listening to you right now. I\u2019m heading back to Israel in a few hours, would love your take on the tax bill\u2019s prospects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now, want me to translate this for you? &#8220;Hey, Rush, I\u2019m in the airport getting ready to fly to Israel. What the heck are you doing wasting our time on net neutrality? Don\u2019t you know that the tax bill is gonna be presented in five &#8211;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-251158 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FB-101717-Rush-Limbaugh-Take.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FB-101717-Rush-Limbaugh-Take.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FB-101717-Rush-Limbaugh-Take-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>This guy is very gently trying to tell me that I had better get this show back on track, back on things that really matter, like the tax bill\u2019s prospects. Okay, Joel, I hear you. Tax bill. It\u2019s gonna pass. They\u2019re gonna present it at 5:30 today. The showboating senators got their time on camera with their concerns. They\u2019ve obviously been addressed. Democrats can\u2019t stop it. They\u2019re not gonna seat this clown, Jones, next week. McCain will vote for it. Cochran will vote for it. Corker probably won\u2019t, but with Pence, it\u2019s gonna pass. I don\u2019t have any doubt.<\/p>\n<p>To me it\u2019s such a fait accompli, that\u2019s why I\u2019m not talking about it. I don\u2019t think, folks, that there is anybody in broadcasting who has explained more about taxes and this bill than I have. But you know me. I follow my passions. I told you how this all got started. I got out of bed today, I was ready to go and I saw these two things on net neutrality, it ticked me off. It got me launched on a whole other subject matter.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s my take on the tax bill. He asked me about the prospects. He\u2019s not asking me about the contents. And I think that it\u2019s gonna pass. &#8220;Why, why is it gonna pass?&#8221; Because the Republicans can\u2019t afford for it not to. Not after what happened in Alabama. And not after what happened in Virginia. They\u2019ve gotta do something that is on the agenda of the guy who won the presidential election. Plus it\u2019s a good deal for the most part. The Democrats have their usual caterwauling about it. &#8220;Well, it\u2019s a sop to the rich. The middle class is gonna &#8211;&#8221; whatever.<\/p>\n<p>You could eliminate the tax code, you could have a piece of legislation that gets rid of taxes and the left would say it\u2019s hurting women and the poor more than anybody else. They would find a way to criticize it the same way they always do. The fireworks may not be over on it, and the Democrats gonna do what they can to kill it, of course, but I think it\u2019s gonna pass. Is that okay? Can I move on now back to what I care about?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Why is this tax bill gonna pass? Because the Republicans can&#039;t afford for it not to. The fireworks may not be over on it &#8212; and the Democrats are gonna do what they can to kill it, of course &#8212; but I think it&#039;s gonna pass. Is that okay?  Can I move on now to what I care about?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":251158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Tax Bill Will Pass - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2017\/12\/15\/the-tax-bill-will-pass\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Tax Bill Will Pass - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"RUSH: Why is this tax bill gonna pass? 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