MAGA Mike Johnson: Has Plan for Trump Victory; Keep GOP House; and His Speakership

Q & A: How're things going for me, Mike

(Still on track, sire)

Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson (R-LA),Trump's loyal lapdog, lays out his plan to keep the House in GOP hands after 2024 reported on here from ABC News with this headline story from the AP:

“Speaker Johnson lays out agenda for Republicans as they fight to hold House majority”

WASHINGTON: Speaker Mike Johnson laid out a policy agenda should Republicans take the majority next year that extends the tax cuts approved when Trump was president in 2017 and the other things seen below.
Tied to PROJECT 2025 that I posted about here.

FROM THE 2017 TRUMP TAXCUT: The 2017 law changes disproportionately benefited the highest-income households. In 2025 — the last year before the temporary changes to the personal income and estate tax provisions expire. 

Specifics:

· The top 1% of the income distribution will receive an average tax cut of $61,090.

· In contrast, those in the middle quintile of the distribution will receive an average reduction of $910.00,

· Those in the lowest quintile will receive, on average, of a mere $70.00 tax reduction.

· Fair but only for the Trump pals at the very top rung.

Johnson emphasized five main policy points during his speech at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) saying the GOP would: (1) Extend and build on the 2017 Trump tax cuts; (2 Confront China; (3) Boost oil and gas production; (4) Expand school choice (but without the DEPT OF EDU); and, (5) Cut the size and scope of the federal government (e.g., firing 50,000 civil servants and replacing them with Trump/MAGA loyalists).

The speaker is fighting this election season to hold onto the GOP’s narrow House majority, with just a handful of seats to spare. 

Republicans are hopeful that a Trump victory over Kamala Harris in the election will help propel them to majorities in the House and Senate, which would give them unified control of Washington for the first time since 2018 and the ability to enact a sweeping legislative agenda.

Johnson’s string of lies: He provided a bleak view of the economy under President Joe Biden, even though: (1) The economy continues to grow at a solid pace, (2) inflation is on the decline, and (3) the unemployment rate is still low by historical standards.

Johnson also said: “I have traveled the country meeting business owners on the verge of collapse because of high inflation, high taxes and over-regulation.”

He said he's met moms and dads who have resorted to donating plasma and setting up crowdfunding pages so that they didn't lose their homes adding: “Our incredible people are hanging on right now in spite of so many unprecedented challenges, but many can't afford to do it much longer.”

The first policy priority Johnson outlined was enhanced tax breaks, citing specifically immediate expensing for research and development costs. 

He also cited the need for a “strong” child tax credit, though he did not provide specific numbers. 

He then said the Republican tax policies would “respect the dignity of work, and it doesn't pay people more for staying out of the workforce.”

Trump has laid out a series of tax cuts on the campaign trail, such as extending the expiring provisions of his 2017 overhaul, and not taxing tips and Social Security. 

Outside experts say the tax cuts proposed by Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris would cause the debt to rise even faster the pace under current law.

Specific Johnson points: Doing more to confront China and rolling back environmental regulations are a common denominator for Republicans that Johnson embraced in his speech. 

On education, he said millions of Americans have the opportunity to send their children to a school that best fits their need, and “Republicans want to expand that choice so that every American has that opportunity.” 

Johnson also emphasized cutting the debt by cutting the size of the federal government, saying “we're going to reduce the size of the federal workforce and root out a long list of non-essential jobs through the federal bureaucracy.”

He concluded: “It's hard to roll back the entrenched bureaucracy and face the system that has produced the decline. It's a difficult task, but it's a task that can be achieved.”

Johnson concluded: “The survival of the American dream depends upon our victory.”

My 2 Cents: Based on above, two new nicknames come to mind as highly appropriate for Speaker Johnson: (1) Birdbrain, and (2) Sycophant (for Trump) just that simple. I’ll leave it at that except to say he is unfit to be the House Speaker and 2nd in Line for the Presidency due to a total and complete local lack of any leadership skills – period, none – not one ounce – case closed.

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