Pelosi: GOP Tax Bill, ‘Greed’ May Hurt Children Like Tiny Tim

‘His mother spoke of how their family watches the Muppet version of A Christmas Carol, and how Simon sees himself in Tiny Tim, another kind boy with braces on his legs’

Pelosi: GOP Tax Bill, ‘Greed’ May Hurt Children Like Tiny Tim (The Washington Free Beacon)

In a Wednesday speech on the House floor, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) warned that the Republican-passed tax reform bill may hurt children like Charles Dickens' character Tiny Tim.

In A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is initially dismissive of the sickly Tiny Tim, but later sees his future grave with the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. Tiny Tim is spared this grievous fate when Scrooge gives up his miserly ways and becomes like a second father to the boy.

Pelosi said she spoke with a family of an 11-year-old boy, Simon, who has a rare disease and cerebral palsy, and his family was concerned about the effects of the GOP tax bill. The final version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed the Senate Tuesday night, and passed the House after a revote earlier Wednesday morning.

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