Washington 2017: The U.S. Political RP: IC [CLOSED]

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"Not all brackets. I want the top bracket left alone. I don't want this bill to be attacked as a sellout to the rich."

"Allright,Senator. We have now cut two bottom brackets by 1% each. Is that enough or should we move one more bracket up the ladder?" Marlowe inquired after agreeing with previous statement made by Wilson,

"One more."

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Washington, D.C.
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
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Tuesday
7 March
2017

"Do you think the others are trustworthy and skilled?" McGareth asks.

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Washington, D.C.
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
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Tuesday
7 March
2017

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"Do you think the others are trustworthy and skilled?" McGareth asks.

"Trustworthy? Everyone here has an agenda, we just need to figure out what it is." Fowler straightens up "Skilled? No one in the house is really inspiring my confidence right now, but as long as youre onboard it shouldn't be a major issue."

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Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
1838
Tuesday
7 March
2017

"We need to be sure we have a strong advocate in the House." McGareth disagrees.

"There are many oil representatives there and they might not want to pass another environmental bill after the carbon tax."

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Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
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Tuesday
7 March
2017

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"We need to be sure we have a strong advocate in the House." McGareth disagrees.

"There are many oil representatives there and they might not want to pass another environmental bill after the carbon tax."

Fowler shakes his head "Even I would not want to tackle that for the record, not until the heat from the Carbon tax has cooled down. Until the party tackles tax cuts and reform I think pursuing more environmental policies would be folly."

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Washington, D.C.
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
1839
Tuesday
7 March
2017

"You want to delay the bill?" McGareth asks.

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Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
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Tuesday
7 March
2017

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"You want to delay the bill?" McGareth asks.

"I want to time it correctly so it has the best chance of passing, if possible get the president to give his weight to it."

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Washington, D.C.
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
1840
Tuesday
7 March
2017

"Do you have any connections that we could use to get to him?" McGareth asks even though he doubts it.

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Washington, D.C.
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
1840
Tuesday
7 March
2017

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"Do you have any connections that we could use to get to him?" McGareth asks even though he doubts it.

Fowler laughs a bit "Certainly not, we'd have to talk to the majority leader"

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Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
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Tuesday
7 March
2017

"Do you have any connections there?" McGareth adjusts his question.

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Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
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Tuesday
7 March
2017

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"Do you have any connections there?" McGareth adjusts his question.

"Well she hates me so I guess that counts" Fowler pauses "Thinking on it, Breckenridge might have a line to the Chief of Staff"

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Washington, D.C.
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
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Tuesday
7 March
2017

"Breckenridge said the President needed to resign and has been very aggressive with him. I think he is a liability to working well with the White House." McGareth says.

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Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
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Tuesday
7 March
2017

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"Breckenridge said the President needed to resign and has been very aggressive with him. I think he is a liability to working well with the White House." McGareth says.

"I'm not saying anything open. He can just get us a phone number, maybe a meeting."

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Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
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Tuesday
7 March
2017

"We can try it." McGareth says doubting slightly but agreeing.

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Tuesday
7 March
2017

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"We can try it." McGareth says doubting slightly but agreeing.

"But lets focus on taxes and regulation first, get those lower."

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Washington, D.C.
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
1844
Tuesday
7 March
2017

"I do not know how much room we have to cut taxes if we have to make the budget balanced. We will have to be targeted to productive industries and areas where taxes are very burdensome to the economy instead of making broad cuts." McGareth says.

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Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
1844
Tuesday
7 March
2017

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"I do not know how much room we have to cut taxes if we have to make the budget balanced. We will have to be targeted to productive industries and areas where taxes are very burdensome to the economy instead of making broad cuts." McGareth says.

"We have innumerable places to cut spending, so much of the bureaucracy is inefficient or plainly doesnt work."

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Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
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Tuesday
7 March
2017

"I agree but every system has waste and it is never possible to remove all of it. Sometimes trying to reduce costs ends up making things even more expensive. I am sure that we can find places where we can save money but we should not think that there are huge amounts that we can get easily." McGareth says.

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Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
1845
Tuesday
7 March
2017

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"I agree but every system has waste and it is never possible to remove all of it. Sometimes trying to reduce costs ends up making things even more expensive. I am sure that we can find places where we can save money but we should not think that there are huge amounts that we can get easily." McGareth says.

"I completely disagree. I have a comprehensive list over very targeted and specific changes to to make."

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Washington, D.C.
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
1846
Tuesday
7 March
2017

"I have been an administrator and run budgets before. I know that there are places you can save and places you can be more efficient but that there are limits to both of those things. But if you have a list then I would like to see it." McGareth says.

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Washington, D.C.
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
1846
Tuesday
7 March
2017

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"I have been an administrator and run budgets before. I know that there are places you can save and places you can be more efficient but that there are limits to both of those things. But if you have a list then I would like to see it." McGareth says.

"Sure ill send it over tonight. Please keep it confidential however and keep it mind it is a list purely based on efficiency not if its politically possible or advisable."

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"Allright,Senator. We have now cut two bottom brackets by 1% each. Is that enough or should we move one more bracket up the ladder?" Marlowe inquired after agreeing with previous statement made by Wilson,

"One more."

"So we deduce 1% there." Marlowe jotted. "Any other changes you wish to make? Maybe now we increase taxes on some types of income?"

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"One more."

"So we deduce 1% there." Marlowe jotted. "Any other changes you wish to make? Maybe now we increase taxes on some types of income?"

"Any taxes you had in mind?"
Wilson pulls out his phone again and does some more math.
"Cutting the 15% bracket down to 14% would result in max savings of $387 for single filers and $774 for married filers. That is some serious money. I can see raising some taxes to offset that loss of revenue."

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Washington, D.C.
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
1847
Tuesday
7 March
2017

"I know how to keep a secret." McGareth says.

"But we need cuts that are politically feasible and advisable."

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Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senator Fowler's Office
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Tuesday
7 March
2017

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"I know how to keep a secret." McGareth says.

"But we need cuts that are politically feasible and advisable."

"Of course, I have the raw data and recommendations. But when it comes to actually cutting I will work closely with others to make determinations."