[NFBMT] From the New York Times

[d m gina]

I am proud to know what I have learned threw out the years.
And now learning all the I products.
I just wish that nfb could help out more.
Don't know how the people would be coming for classes, where here it 
would b good if we could go to the libaries to teach in each state.
Then we wouldn't have to worry about college degrees anything like that.
You could still teach.
Just some dreams I have had for years.

Original message:
> Thanks, Jim.
> I wrote a letter online, I called the Bozeman office, I wrote and posted an
> open letter to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
> Pretty much his opposition was just code, I thought.
> The paper has had a ton of letters to the editor against the tax bill. Mine
> so far was not selected for print, and that is okay. The one they say is a
> tax cut. It will cut, boy, it sure will, but not the right things!

> Earlier today, I did hear that Senator Daines had made a statement that he
> now is satisfied that his demands were met with provisions for so-called
> small business, and that he would support the bill.
> I think the proverbial goose has already or will be cooked.
> But we all should continue to voice concerns, and our displeasures.
> I believe that the majority have been lying about what the bill is, and
> pushing it through without much if any transparency, so very rapidly. They
> maybe rightly figure that very few are really paying attention. And the
> control of propaganda media sources helps this along, too.

> Too few are paying attention, I guess, just like too few have been voting.
> That makes me sad. It did not hurt either to have the distractions, among
> them the big blast of a shopping frenzy that everyone was jabbering about
> endlessly, the very serious investigations in the Trump administration, and
> all of the other things. The conference between House and Senate versions
> may prove out to have more of a movement to resist. We shall see what we
> shall see.

> We are in a cycle,  An 80 year cycle. Think about that.
> and most of us boomers, of a certain age we have had the blessings of past
> benefits. They will not stand for those of the current needs generation.
> We will have to grass roots deal with lots of stuff.

> But speaking of stuff.
> Wow, was I ever stuffed when we finished the Thanksgiving leftovers earlier
> this week.
> I hope you all had a good helping or two or three or six.

> Rik of Bozeman

> Oh, one more thing.
> Did anyone read the article in the Washington Post on Thanksgiving Day or
> the Friday after about driverless cars?
> There were parts that had comment from Federationists who have been
> participating in giving input on the designs and needed accessibility. Bravo
> to them. But boy, it sure is a brave new world coming around the corner.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMT [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jim Marks via
> NFBMT
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> Cc: Jim Marks <blind.grizzly at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFBMT] From the New York Times

> I doubt Senator Steve Daines will vote no on the tax bill now, but we still
> have to try to influence his decision.  If you haven't called his office to
> request that he oppose the tax bill, please do so right away.  The tax bill
> is full of terrible outcomes for blind and other Montanans.  Government
> services that liberate us are going to be radically cut back should the tax
> bill become law.  For instance, we are going to see reductions in vocational
> rehabilitation, Medicaid, and Social Security.  We will have to pay more
> taxes as a direct consequence of this tax bill.  The federal deficit will
> grow massively, thus resulting in even deeper cuts in the near future.  .
> Many of us favor tax reform, but reform should take us forward, not
> backwards.  This particular tax bill the Senate is considering harms us.

> Senator Steve Daines
> https://www.daines.senate.gov/
> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorDainesMT/
> Twitter:  @SteveDaines

> Office Locations
> Washington, D.C.
> 320 Hart Senate Office Building
> Washington, D.C. 20510
> p: (202) 224-2651

> Billings
> 222 N. 32nd Street, Ste. 100
> Billings, MT 59101
> p: (406) 245-6822

> Great Falls
> 104 4th Street North, Ste. 302
> Great Falls, MT 59401
> p: (406) 453-0148

> Helena
> 30 West 14th Street, Ste. 206
> Helena, MT 59601
> p: (406) 443-3189

> Bozeman
> 13 S. Willson Ave. Ste. 8
> Bozeman, MT 59718
> p: (406) 587-3446

> Missoula
> 218 East Front Street, Ste. 103
> Missoula, MT 59802
> p: (406) 549-8198

> Kalispell
> 40 2nd St East, Suite 211
>  (KM Building)
> Kalispell, Montana 59901
>  p: (406) 257-3765

> Sidney
> 609 S. Central Ave. Suite #4
>  (Central Plaza Building)
> Sidney, MT, 59270
> p: (406) 482-9010

> Hardin
> 310 N Center
>  Hardin MT 59034
> p: (406) 665-4126
> Jim Marks
> Blind.grizzly at gmail.com
> (406) 438-1421

> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMT [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sheila via NFBMT
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 10:54 AM
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> Cc: Sheila <sheila.leigland at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFBMT] From the New York Times

> Interesting article thanks for posting this.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMT [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bruce&Joy
> Breslauer via NFBMT
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 6:58 AM
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> Cc: Bruce&Joy Breslauer <breslauerj at gmail.com>; marjorie
> <dmgregg at 3rivers.net>
> Subject: [NFBMT] From the New York Times

> The New York Times

> Politics



> Before Tax Bill Vote, Republican Senators Win Another 'Yes'



> By THE NEW YORK TIMESUPDATED 6:16 AM



> . The Senate will convene at 10 a.m. Friday to continue the debate on taxes,
> ahead of a possible final vote later in the day.



> . Republicans seemed to be inching toward victory on Thursday and picked up
> the support of Senator John McCain of Arizona.



> . But they faced a setback late in the day when they were left scrambling to
> find hundreds of billions of dollars in extra revenue to satisfy concerns
> about the bill's deficit effects.



> . Lawmakers are now mulling options that would result in a tax increase down
> the road, including a possible increase in the corporate tax rate and the
> revival of the alternative minimum tax on wealthy individuals and some
> companies.



> . Early Friday morning, Senator Steve Daines, Republican of Montana,
> announced his support of the tax bill, bringing Republican leaders closer to
> their goal.



> Senate leaders still need 50 votes for passage.



> Republican leaders ended Thursday with the same problem they started with:
> They still need to secure 50 votes to be able to pass their tax bill.



> Their effort appeared to be gaining momentum on Thursday, with talk of a
> final vote later that night or early Friday.



> But by the end of the day, they were contending with twin setbacks, both
> involving how the bill would affect federal budget deficits.



> The congressional Joint Committee on Taxation said in an analysis released
> on Thursday afternoon that the legislation would add $1 trillion to federal
> budget deficits over a decade, even after accounting for economic growth.



> In addition, a provision meant to prevent ballooning deficits ran into
> parliamentary problems. The provision would have increased taxes if economic
> growth fell short of expectations, but it was deemed by the Senate
> parliamentarian to run afoul of budget rules that must be followed if the
> bill is to be shielded from a Democratic filibuster.



> Without the so-called trigger, the votes of a handful of Republicans,
> including Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, appeared at risk.



> "Senator Corker has been pretty clear he doesn't want any deficit spending,"
> Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said on Thursday, adding that he
> did not agree with the Joint Committee on Taxation's assessment.



> To pass the tax bill in the Senate, Republican leaders can lose only two of
> their members, assuming Democrats are unified against the measure.



> Friday could be a long day.



> The Senate will convene on Friday morning and the debate on taxes will
> continue. At some point, the Senate will undertake a marathon of amendment
> votes known as a vote-a-rama. Eventually, there would be a final vote on the
> legislation.



> But in the meantime, Republicans need to decide how they want to change
> their bill. To satisfy Mr. Corker, for example, Republicans were discussing
> putting in place tax increases that would take effect some years from now, a
> step that would soften the deficit effects of the legislation.



> Will they decide to raise taxes?



> The options under discussion to satisfy the deficit hawks could essentially
> result in a tax increase down the road. Lawmakers have talked about raising
> the corporate tax rate above 20 percent after a period of years. There's
> also discussion about reviving the alternative minimum tax, or A.M.T., on
> high-net individuals and some companies.

> Both of those ideas are unlikely to sit well with some Republicans,
> including those in the House, who could be criticized for essentially voting
> to increase taxes.

> Lawmakers may decide that's a risk worth taking or they could ultimately
> decide to jettison the deficit hawks' concerns and lose their votes.



> Party leaders gained another vote early Friday.



> Mr. Daines had objected to the bill because of how it treated pass-through
> businesses, whose profits are distributed to owners and taxed at individual
> rates. Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, has also been in that
> camp.

> The Senate tax bill allows pass-through owners to deduct 17.4 percent of
> their business income as a way of lowering their taxes. Republicans were
> planning to increase the deduction to 20 percent to address the concerns
> over how pass-through owners were being treated by the bill.

> Now, the deduction is to be raised to 23 percent, an aide to Mr. Daines
> said.



> "After weeks of fighting for Main Street businesses including Montana's
> farmers and ranchers, I've decided to support the Senate tax cut bill, which
> provides significant tax relief for Main Street businesses," Mr. Daines said
> in a statement on Friday morning.



> Several senators are worth watching.



> As Republicans mull changes to their tax plan, the spotlight will focus on
> several senators with varying concerns.

> Republican leaders do not need to win over all of these lawmakers. In fact,
> they could decide that some demands are simply not worth meeting - assuming
> they can satisfy other Republicans and therefore get the 50 votes they need.
> Vice President Mike Pence can also provide a tiebreaking vote.

> At least a handful of senators have expressed concerns about the deficit,
> including Mr. Corker and Senators Jeff Flake of Arizona and James Lankford
> of Oklahoma. Now that the trigger is dead, Republicans may need to come up
> with another idea to protect against piling up debt as a result of the tax
> overhaul.



> The move to sweeten the tax break for owners of pass-through businesses
> should help with securing Mr. Johnson's vote. But it was not clear early
> Friday if the change was sufficient to nudge him into the yes column.



> Finally, there is Susan Collins of Maine, a moderate Republican who has her
> own concerns about the tax overhaul. She wants the bill to allow individuals
> to deduct up to $10,000 in property taxes, and adding that provision could
> help win her over.



> Joy Breslauer, President

> National Federation of the Blind of Montana

> Web Site: http://www.nfbofmt.org



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