Reply #20: No, we are going with the welfare program option instead.

[TheKentuckian]

It is silly, if you are going to transfer from the general fund then cut taxes and if the TeaPubliKlans won't allow that but this can "get by them" then they are forcing us to take the blame for what they want as an outcome again.
This isn't a sneaking under their nose deal, this is their concept and they know exactly what the endgame is while they can make political hey of opposing the cut while using it as an excuse to attack what they have been after for many decades.

"Held harmless" is impotent and unenforceable on the legislative and propaganda levels. You can point all you want to a throw away line of a bill but it will not impact media coverage, political machinations, or public perception in the least.