This is what trump's supporters voted for and frankly, I couldn't care less how much they suffer as a result of their stupid choices. The rest of us don't deserve this and we should be furious.
Mr. Nesbit, please send your article to every Senator along with this taxpayer question: WHY SHOULD WE PROVIDE TAX BREAKS TO THOSE EARNING OVER $400,000????? I can understand wanting to make budget cuts. I cannot understand tax breaks.
Can we talk about the way the bill enables Trump and others to avoid contempt charges and to ignore court orders? This is rarely reported on, and is not widely known.
As of this morning, the Republican provision in the bill trying to allow Trump and others to ignore court orders with impunity has been stripped out of the bill by the Senate Parliamentarian because this provision was not related to taxing and spending.
The Republicans plan to bypass the normal 60 votes required to pass a bill, in order to be certain they will have enough votes. But to pass a bill in the Senate with less than 60 votes, the bill involved must comply with the "Byrd Rule." That rule requires that all of the provisions in the bill must be related to taxing and spending.
The Republicans' "You can defy court orders if you're orange" provision clearly does not involve taxing and spending. It's just one of many evil provisions the Republicans have packed into this horrible bill in hopes of getting all of the things they couldn't pass when attempted as stand alone bills.
Republicans can still try to add it in, but they have 53 seats and Democrats have enough votes to block it.
Cutting Medicaid alone is not enough to give billionaires a big tax break. Even if they completely eliminated Medicaid altogether it still wouldn’t be enough to give billionaires a massive tax cut. Medicare and Social Security would also have to be cut. Education and NIH grants to our most prestigious universities would also have to be cut. This is so the middle class can be completely stamped out and America can be run by authoritarian billionaires. Anyone with half a brain can figure this out. It is time to literally have a House cleaning in 2026 as well as a Senate cleaning.
I understand it will primarily affect red states - yet they keep voting for the fascists or not voting at all. My sympathies are reaching their limits.
No one should be surprised. The party formerly known as Republican has always openly stated it is for "small government" and low taxes. Anyone who has had their head out of their stinky parts should have known this was coming. The Trump Party is for the rape, pillage, and plunder of ordinary working Americans and their communities for the benefit of Vampire Capitalists. How many of the millions of semi-conscious American will stir from their apps?
As per Ruth Ben-Ghiat in her book Strongmen, it and everything up this point seem deliberately crafted to make trump the dictator he dreams of being. How better to do so than to divide us economically, socially and medically?
This is what trump's supporters voted for and frankly, I couldn't care less how much they suffer as a result of their stupid choices. The rest of us don't deserve this and we should be furious.
Mr. Nesbit, please send your article to every Senator along with this taxpayer question: WHY SHOULD WE PROVIDE TAX BREAKS TO THOSE EARNING OVER $400,000????? I can understand wanting to make budget cuts. I cannot understand tax breaks.
UnAmerican, Disheartening and cruel. Exactly why should we give our tax dollars to grifters?!
Can we talk about the way the bill enables Trump and others to avoid contempt charges and to ignore court orders? This is rarely reported on, and is not widely known.
As of this morning, the Republican provision in the bill trying to allow Trump and others to ignore court orders with impunity has been stripped out of the bill by the Senate Parliamentarian because this provision was not related to taxing and spending.
The Republicans plan to bypass the normal 60 votes required to pass a bill, in order to be certain they will have enough votes. But to pass a bill in the Senate with less than 60 votes, the bill involved must comply with the "Byrd Rule." That rule requires that all of the provisions in the bill must be related to taxing and spending.
The Republicans' "You can defy court orders if you're orange" provision clearly does not involve taxing and spending. It's just one of many evil provisions the Republicans have packed into this horrible bill in hopes of getting all of the things they couldn't pass when attempted as stand alone bills.
Republicans can still try to add it in, but they have 53 seats and Democrats have enough votes to block it.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-attempt-rein-federal-judges-stripped-trumps-big-bill-rcna214483
Has anyone estimated how many rural hospitals and clinics will be forced to close?
Cutting Medicaid alone is not enough to give billionaires a big tax break. Even if they completely eliminated Medicaid altogether it still wouldn’t be enough to give billionaires a massive tax cut. Medicare and Social Security would also have to be cut. Education and NIH grants to our most prestigious universities would also have to be cut. This is so the middle class can be completely stamped out and America can be run by authoritarian billionaires. Anyone with half a brain can figure this out. It is time to literally have a House cleaning in 2026 as well as a Senate cleaning.
I understand it will primarily affect red states - yet they keep voting for the fascists or not voting at all. My sympathies are reaching their limits.
No one should be surprised. The party formerly known as Republican has always openly stated it is for "small government" and low taxes. Anyone who has had their head out of their stinky parts should have known this was coming. The Trump Party is for the rape, pillage, and plunder of ordinary working Americans and their communities for the benefit of Vampire Capitalists. How many of the millions of semi-conscious American will stir from their apps?
All this and more, I suspect.
As per Ruth Ben-Ghiat in her book Strongmen, it and everything up this point seem deliberately crafted to make trump the dictator he dreams of being. How better to do so than to divide us economically, socially and medically?