(AP/J. Scott Applewhite) Paul Ryan uses his trusty charts and graphs to make his case for the GOP's long-awaited plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. trickle-downers.jpg I f it wasn’t clear before, it is now: there is perhaps nothing that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan wouldn’t do to secure massive tax cuts for the rich. That includes repealing a health care law that’s secured coverage for tens of millions of previously uninsured Americans. Last week, Ryan unveiled his long-awaited replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act—the plainly named American Health Care Act. But it’s a bit of a stretch to describe it as health-care legislation. As has been widely reported now, the CBO estimates that the AHCA will cause 24 million people to lose coverage over the next decade—14 million of them in the next year alone. In reality, the AHCA is an upward redistribution scheme that takes from the poor and gives to the rich. Repealing Obamacare will generate some $883 billion in tax...

AP/Susan Walsh House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Capitol Hill. trickle-downers.jpg S peaker of the House Paul Ryan has an ambitious plan to dramatically remake the American tax system—and in doing so, give out massive tax breaks to powerful corporations and the wealthy. Ryan’s plan is unadulterated trickle-down economics, sending 99.6 percent of the tax cut savings to the top 1 percent of American taxpayers. At the same time, it slashes the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent. To pay for those mammoth corporate tax cuts, Ryan and the GOP’s top tax writer, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, are hawking a “border adjustment” tax (BAT) that would levy what is essentially a tariff on imports and a rebate on exports. One analysis finds that the proposal would raise about $1.2 trillion in revenue over 10 years, though that’s likely still not enough to cover the cost of the business...