Grassley: Tax Bill Favors ‘Savers,’ Not Those Spending On ‘Booze Or Women’

UNITED STATES - MARCH 17: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks with a reporter as he waits for the Senate subway on Thursday, March 17, 2016. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) defended his support for the Republican tax bill in an interview published Saturday by arguing that the legislation favors those who invest their money over those who spend their money on things like “booze” and “women.”

The House bill repeals the Estate Tax, while the Senate’s version doubles the exemption for the tax for individuals. Grassley argued in an interview with the Des Moines Register that repealing the tax is beneficial even if it only affects relatively few Americans.

“I think not having the estate tax recognizes the people that are investing,” he told the Des Moines Register, “as opposed to those that are just spending every darn penny they have, whether it’s on booze or women or movies.”

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  1. Avatar for easydm easydm says:

    Another old white, pasty, out of touch dude who will be dead soon.

  2. Who knew the Republicans wrote a tax bill favoring Gay men who don’t drink?

  3. Not soon enough. He’s still breathing and will continue to inflict damage as long as he draws a breath.

  4. I know, right? How has Trump’s McD’s diet not killed him yet? I think these guys are actually cockroaches inside humanoid costumes.

  5. They’d better REALLY hurry before more GOP congressmen accidentally express how they honestly feel about the American public. And with this many old white senile guys, it’s an exciting race against the clock!

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