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.
Love low taxes. Keep it up.
Rich people will kill us all.
Reading is hard, I get it. Just say what you want to be true like it is.
I’ve heard Russian troll farms don’t pay very well. Is that true?
But enough about the ideas of the rich aristocracy leading up to the French Revolution…
With all that extra dough you can take a trip to a warm water port!
Weak ass troll.
Supposedly an American spouse, on a Finnish instance? Probably a Russian account.
Edit: and it’s a day old account.
They’re not even trying.
Are you rich?
If not, you should look into it some more.
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.
I hope now that he’s richer, he’ll find a younger, prettier replacement for you in your Gilead fantasy.
Fuck you.
Can’t wait for your divorce, see if you change your mind if you find yourself on the brink of homelessness.
I’m glad people get to starve and die in order for wastes of life like you to pay less taxes.
Even at the cost of millions losing healthcare?
Every major bill helps some and hurts others.
Except this one hurts way more people than it helps. So much winning.
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.
How do you tag an account?
Maybe the client I’m using doesn’t support that.
Voyager supports tags
I think it’s an in app thing.
Don’t feed the troll