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On the recordDecember 19, 2017
With a little help from Dr. Seuss, I would like to share the story of how the Grinch stole middle class tax cuts: Every middle class family wanted tax cuts a lot, But the Grinch, who lived in a big white house, did not. The Grinch hated middle class tax cuts, he wanted the whole Tax Code uneven, Now, please, don't ask why, no one quite knows the reason. It could be his head was screwed on a bit wrong, It could be his ties were 2 inches too long, But I think that the most likely reason of all, Was his heart, or his hands, were two sizes too small. Whatever the reason, his heart or his ties, He stood on Christmas Eve, planning workers' demise, Staring out from his office with a sour, Grinchy frown, At the workers' warm, lighted windows below in their town. ``Tomorrow is Christmas, it is practically here,'' He said from his office with a terrible sneer. ``Why, for 71 years I have put up with it now, I must stop these middle class tax cuts. But how?'' Then he got an idea, an awful idea, The Grinch got a terrible, awful idea. ``I know just what to do,'' the Grinch thought with a pause, ``With this coat and this hat, I look just like Santa Claus.'' Then he loaded some empty bags on his plane, And he took off to cause some mean Grinchy pain. While working families dreamed of sweet tax cuts without care, The Grinch came to the first little house on the square. ``This is stop number one,'' the old Grinch Claus hissed, And he climbed to the roof, empty bags in his fist.…
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Dec 19, 2017

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