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To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class
(www.propublica.org)
dumbfucks voted for this. jesus fucking christ.
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What I'm hearing is... the rich get richer. Hmmm...
Luigis needed
Comes as NO SURPRISE
Their level of cruelty is just expected now, huh. Sad times.
I dont think these people realize how close they are to being ripped apart in the street by an angry mob...and I kind of hope they don't realize it until its too late.
Are they though? Are they? Or is everyone too focused on not upsetting the status quo to even throw a pebble in protest?
The only thing getting ripped apart are his pants so they can kiss his ass raw
You're way more optimistic than me about the future of America.
For real. I talk with my friends about the tipping point, and this unfortunately ain't it by a mile. MAGAts don't make up the entirety of R voters, but not one MAGAt would give a shit if D voters started getting rounded up. It's been an incredibly thorough brainwashing effort by whoever spearheaded the effort. R used to mean small government, states rights! Now it means fuck Joe Biden, fuck your feelings, fuck work culture. And it all feels like it happened so fast. Say what you want about Bush, but the sentiment among those who voted for him wasn't this open hostility that we have today.
The angry mob came when they didn't win the election 4 years ago.
Really? The people affected by this wanted this turd in the office or at least didn't have a problem enough with him to go vote for someone else.
Because the people who need this money are leading rough, rough lives already and often don't have the time or energy to properly learn politics. They're the kind of people who can't afford to miss work or looking after their family to vote.
They're victims of their circumstances and now they're going to suffer more for it. They're not the enemies here.
LMFAO, WHAT BENEFITS?!?!?
While I agree the US does a fraction of what they could: Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
WIC
HUD
ESG
COC
Department of Education
The list goes on and on. If you think there aren't a LOT of social programs that they can cut, you are in for a very, very rough time.
I sympathize with the commentor who you are responding to although I know my present crap life could always get worse and probably will. Just doesn't feel like much to lose
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Hmm interesting how all the efficiency that they are introducing requires cutting benefits. Almost as if they were pleasing the 1% or something.
Don't forget the new tax plan also includes tax increases for us plebs too!
Cut benefits, increase payments! Good job Magoos!
But the price for food is down... It is, right?
Its going to double or tripple if we deport or scare half the ag workforce away and don't offer an exorbitant wage to do the time sensitive work leading to food rotting
He’ll probably just use prisoners.
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almost as if it were billionaires working for the benefit of other billionaires...
Idk how it hasn't occurred to these billionaires yet that some of those few benefits are what keeping people from going full Luigi. They keep fucking around.
cutting taxes for the wealthy could risk damaging the populist image that Trump has cultivated.
It's never seemed to damage his image with his supporters before. He could hold them down and shit into their mouths and they'd find a reason to think it was an ok thing to do
He wouldn't need to hold them down. They would be lining up for it.
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