Economist Larry Summers recently warned that the GOP tax bill would kill about 10,000 people. ThinkProgress sees Summers’ prediction and raises him thousands of deaths while sounding an all hands on deck alarm:
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/937779098524573696
1. The Senate tax bill will kill about 15,000 people every year https://t.co/3LJ1PJQYSL
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 4, 2017
2. I know you aren't supposed to say things like that because it sounds emotional and hyperbolic but: The Senate tax bill will kill about 15,000 people every year https://t.co/RTh1a6DGWO
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 4, 2017
It might not be long before that becomes 20,000, then 50,000.
This isn't so much a hot take as a hyperventilating-into-a-paper-bag take. https://t.co/ywcCoWAyj2
— prop op (@ProperOpinion) December 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/CrankyGordon/status/937781620769280000
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/937789365866115072
The left- Think Progress- is trying to panic the public into believing Tax Bill will cause 13k ppl to be uninsured & lead to massive death. However, just a little google work shows that claim to be just a scare tactic. Here, read for yourself https://t.co/Q9IJcnKpwO pic.twitter.com/DAGvPbLXPg
— Rich Weinstein (@phillyrich1) December 4, 2017
The nice thing about Democrats shrieking that every Republican proposal "WILL LITERALLY KILL PEOPLE" is that average people no longer take them seriously & are tuning out their BS. https://t.co/1K3pxfvBrC
— Andrew Wagner (@andrewwagner) December 4, 2017
The Left’s mixed concerns can be so confusing sometimes:
Thus reducing population and saving the planet. Make up your minds on these things. #ActOnClimate https://t.co/4DkZMwBi0M
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 4, 2017
Right!?