Bob Corker should be ashamed.
A few weeks ago, he was the only Republican with enough backbone to vote no on the tax bill scam that passed in the Senate.
The bill was and is a rushed-up piece of legislation designed to make rich people richer at the expense of middle-class Americans and future generations by adding at least $1 trillion to our national debt. Among other things, this bill will virtually do away with estate taxes, which now apply only if a couple’s estate tallies over $11 million. It also guts access to affordable insurance for at least 14 million people. And the only tax breaks that will remain past a few years are for the rich and corporations.
Now Corker is poised to become the Republican senator who gets the most credit for passing the final version of this bill.
The only discernible difference between today and a few weeks ago is a new measure added to the bill in a conference committee that sweetened the pot still more for the rich, especially those who make at least a portion of their living with commercial real estate – like Bob Corker; Donald Trump; Tennessee Rep. and gubernatorial candidate Diane Black; Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.; Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga.; Sen. Luther Strange, R-Ala., and at least a dozen other members of Congress.