Which takes me to the American Senate's vote for the Republicon's Tax Reform Bill master piece.
It is said that the Republicon controlled Senate have given the nod to the first hastily and badly prepared draft of the Bill, by passing it by 51:49 votes.
In other words, the Republicon Senators - these guys are still as Brutusian as ever they were, during the reign of Caesar. Except that it is the people whom they are now stabbing all over, and not their leaders. By and large, voted for the Bill, while the Democratic Senators voted against it.
So, looked at from another perspective, the Republicons won the initial stage by 2 votes, while the Democrats lost it by two votes.
Yes, the Tax Reform Bill, within the horse trading stable of the Senate, was 'won and lost' by a miniscule number of votes.
But, if it is eventually successful into becoming law, it will have meant that the Americans will have lost by a much greater margin than 2 paltry votes.
Tens of millions of them will have lost. As the Tax Reform Bill is, it is being argued, about enriching the aspiring middle classes and and protecting the wealth of those, and the filthy rich, who are already well-established on the wealth ladder.
And how is it proposing to achieve this? Well, by making vicious attacks on the Affordable Care Act, exploiting natural resources in currently protective environments, cutting capital gains taxs, etc.
In a nutshell, by being an inverted Robin Hood, by robbing the masses to enrich the few; the elites.
When a vote is won by a margin of only 2 votes, it presents a situation which is questionable and unsafe.
A majority of 2 votes does not confer a mandate to the 'winning party.' A 2 votes majority comes with a lot of implicit health warning.
It says to the 'winning party', approach with great caution, because you do not have the authority, the backing of the electorate make any great changes.
To be continue.
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