Dick Cheney Didn’t Care What You Thought

Back when he was a House member from Wyoming, Dick Cheney was part of a congressional delegation that visited the Soviet Union in the 1980s. During a lull in the schedule, Cheney and his colleagues were sitting around trying to entertain themselves when one of their wives decided to administer personality tests. The results included professions for which the members would be well suited. Cheney’s ideal job? A funeral director. I briefly worried that telling this story at this moment might be in poor taste, given that Cheney, the powerful…

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US President Donald Trump and Republicans’ tax bill worse for the poor than thought – Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz US President Donald Trump and Republicans' tax bill worse for the poor than thoughtStuff.co.nzThe Senate Republican tax plan would give substantial tax cuts and benefits to Americans earning more than US$ 100,000 (NZ$ 145,000) a year, while the nation's poorest would be worse off, according to a report released by the nonpartisan Congressional …US Senate to Vote on Tax OverhaulVoice of America Trump touts 'big week for tax cuts' as Senate GOP nears critical voteThe Hill6 Possible Hurdles For The GOP Tax Plan : NPRNPRCNN –Reuters –The State –IGM Forumall 499 news articles »…

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