That's it. Between Bush and Trump the GOP has spent 20+ years gutting our tax base. We can't fund our programs. Any further tax cuts have to come at the cost of our "discretionary speeding." And that means gutting the social safety net...there is no way around it mathematically. - ThreadSky

socio-steve.bsky.social • 24 days ago

That's it. Between Bush and Trump the GOP has spent 20+ years gutting our tax base. We can't fund our programs. Any further tax cuts have to come at the cost of our "discretionary speeding." And that means gutting the social safety net...there is no way around it mathematically.

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lugoz.bsky.social•24 days ago

There is a mathematical way around it called deficit spending.

socio-steve.bsky.social•24 days ago

Well yes we are currently doing that and we could do even more of it at an eventual cost. But that is not how CBO scoring and budget reconciliation rules work. They cannot make the tax cuts permanent or expand them without gutting the safety net. And that is what they are going to do sans pushback.

lugoz.bsky.social•24 days ago

Yes, but those are legal and policy choices. I’m cautioning against using mathematical rigidity when stating that spending must equal revenue. If taxes are cut, fine, live with a higher deficit and its consequences, if any, but don’t cut spending.

socio-steve.bsky.social•24 days ago

I didn't say that. the idea that we must always balance our budget is pretty obviously stupid. But also I am taking about a real thing that is happening right now not a hypothetical.

lugoz.bsky.social•24 days ago

So, there is a way around id mathematically. I'll leave it here
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socio-steve.bsky.social•24 days ago

And I'll leave this right here. You want to be a dolt about this go right ahead. https://bsky.app/profile/socio-steve.bsky.social/post/3lgxtqdon6k2l

klm.bsky.social•24 days ago

i worry that work reqs will be extremely hard to roll back too

henrykarlson.bsky.social•23 days ago

they will have to go through the courts, for work requirements have been stopped before

klm.bsky.social•23 days ago

yeah, but it will be harder to do that if Congress amends the current laws. my concern is that a future Dem controlled congress will have enough Ds who are essentially Joe Manchin that it will be impossible to just repeal inmediately. hope i'm wrong

henrykarlson.bsky.social•23 days ago

oh, trust me, it is terrible, and SCOTUS could just go against precedent; there are many problems with work requirements, among which, they actually hurt people getting good jobs

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