The Republican fantasy of lower taxes and hard-to-access social safety net programs will now be a reality
For decades, Republicans have argued that the US would be better off if taxes were low, and programs to help low-income Americans were harder to access. With Donald Trump’s marquee tax and spending bill now set to become law, the country will find out what it’s like to live under that sort of system.
The massive legislation that Trump plans to sign Friday will make his campaign promises a reality by extending tax cuts enacted during his first term, and creating new deductions aimed at the working-class voters who backed his re-election.
But it will also fundamentally reorder two major social safety net programs, slashing funding and imposing new work requirements that nonpartisan estimates say will cost millions of people their benefits. The ripple effects, experts say, will be felt across the country, and not just by the poor.
Corporations and affluent individuals are among the biggest winners in this legislation. It reinforces the 2017 tax regime, prioritizes accelerated depreciation, and directs most of the tax relief to those at the top. I’m not personally in that category, but my husband is, so of course I support it.
So you’re a gold digger that’s giddy at the thought of people dying because your sugar daddy has more money now.
You’re truly a bad person.
So you’re part of the fucking problem. Good to know. I’ll make sure to tag your account to remind me of the context when your stupid posts show up later on.
Makes me really wonder though how an affluent American spouse ends up deciding that a Finnish Lemmy instance is the one to make their account. Much more likely you’re just a Russian troll.
Don’t feed the troll
How do you tag an account?
Maybe the client I’m using doesn’t support that.
I think it’s an in app thing.
Voyager supports tags
Fuck you.
I hope now that he’s richer, he’ll find a younger, prettier replacement for you in your Gilead fantasy.
I’m glad people get to starve and die in order for wastes of life like you to pay less taxes.
Can’t wait for your divorce, see if you change your mind if you find yourself on the brink of homelessness.
Even at the cost of millions losing healthcare?
Every major bill helps some and hurts others.
Except that it’s not remotely balanced. Your husband gets a bit more money. The other people lose their houses, jobs, or lives. That you can even equate the two in your mind shows you’re a person of no moral character.
Except this one hurts way more people than it helps. So much winning.