Now that the last significant obstacle to Obamacare repeal is finally packing his bags and preparing to vacate the White House, the defenders of the law are desperately casting about for some talking point that will convince the public that the risibly titled “Affordable Care Act” should be left in place. Having failed to get anywhere with doomsday studies claiming that repeal will render tens of millions uninsured, they have reverted to an old lefty refrain. The Republicans, they tell us, are in a rush to get rid of Obamacare because they want to give tax cuts to the rich.
Dozens of diatribes denouncing this low plot have appeared in the legacy media during the past week, including a jeremiad in the Los Angeles Times titled, “The real reason the GOP is gung-ho on repealing Obamacare: It would give the rich a huge tax cut.” The research cited in all of these screeds was conducted by the Tax Policy Center (TPC), a joint venture of two left-leaning think tanks: the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution. But anyone masochistic enough to actually read the study will discover that its findings have been brazenly misrepresented.
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