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mollyjongfast.bsky.social • 45 days ago

Republicans want these cuts so they can pay for tax cuts for very wealthy people

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/10/spending-cuts-house-gop-reconciliation-medicaid-00197541

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leecle.bsky.social•45 days ago

These cuts voted for by the stupids of America will slide them & others into poverty.
Ask Trump & Musk if they care???
You did and they said they don’t and that is now your problem.

dm-author.bsky.social•45 days ago

😡🤬

eric623.bsky.social•45 days ago

not sure what it would take to get this through to middle and lower class people who vote GOP. i guess culture issue are just more important to them

gobearcats.bsky.social•45 days ago

Hate is more important to than them

keithford.bsky.social•45 days ago

I've tried to reach these people, it's like deprogramming someone from a cult. This is likely going to require a generational solution. We must improve education and peer support among the youth before they've been indoctrinated (and somehow survive the 2 decades of chaos in the meantime).

hitmanjr.bsky.social•45 days ago

The conservative have been pushing Ayn Rand crap since reagun under the banner of 'freedom'. They think gov is bad, let the people make their decisions. Problem is the rich take the place of the gov and turn society into a hell hole. Look at tesla factories, unsafe, racist, misogynistic robber baron

adagietto7.bsky.social•45 days ago

Actual framework https://youtu.be/oOjJtEkKMX4?si=j0Y9kaxjClJM0E0K

witchybitchy2112.bsky.social•45 days ago

If you’re MAGA and you support Billionaires, how the fk is that “Making America Great Again “?

kassiesharp.bsky.social•45 days ago

"Reimagining the Affordable Care Act" to provide no affordable health care, presumably by replacing it with tax deductions for ivermectin.

rabbwilder.bsky.social•45 days ago

Republicans have pulled off the greatest con in history. They throw red meat culture wars to the poor and middle classes while robbing them blind. Their base is totally okay with this because hate makes them happy.

coolhand3333.bsky.social•45 days ago

Great people, right

msderohanes.bsky.social•45 days ago

Bc they believe in fiscal responsibility, they say. 😒

nanerbat.bsky.social•44 days ago

Dirtbag Donnie and his creepy followers

mchemar.bsky.social•45 days ago

The dems need to speak out LOUDLY on any/all nonsense like this...the public needs to know!!!

tommysanchez33.bsky.social•45 days ago

Dont forget the eggs

tovangar2.bsky.social•45 days ago

Don't forget that Trump is Constitutionally prohibited from being president again under the #14thAmendmentSection3.

We won't have a president after Jan 20th.

He actually has no power.

Let's get him gone.

dkpittsford.bsky.social•45 days ago

Since when do Republicans pay for tax cuts for very wealthy people?

msmagicdishes.bsky.social•45 days ago

It’s funny because as soon as they destroy that social safety net the poor will have no other reason to live than killing every one of those scumbags.
🍿🍿🍿

conbrio24.bsky.social•45 days ago

😠

davesecrest.bsky.social•45 days ago

In any rational society with non-pathological political discourse, a party that repeatedly insists on blowing up the federal budget to give $5 trillion to its donors, who are already billionaires, while taking food from hungry children and earned benefits from seniors, would no longer exist.
Enough.

ericvonzipper13.bsky.social•44 days ago

Well, at least they won't cut their own benefits. That would just be horrible.

rae14.bsky.social•45 days ago

Don’t Let Them!!!!!

askmehow.bsky.social•45 days ago

Cutting tax has been a obsession for 40 years. Is it just now that it is seen as corruption? Distribution of wealth to a very narrow and identifiable population?

arvrrob.bsky.social•45 days ago

https://youtu.be/-ZptAlDBbPQ?si=RUB6fi_JogI-Qn9p

weponderj.bsky.social•45 days ago

If the wealthy don’t pay local taxes and don’t pay federal taxes, then…
Why do they need tax cuts

jcm444.bsky.social•45 days ago

This shit will cause a revolution.

kheine.bsky.social•45 days ago

People will lose their health care coverage so Musk and Thiel can buy a bigger yacht.

musablue.bsky.social•45 days ago

They want to rob us blind.

smallnote4u.bsky.social•45 days ago

https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/user-clip-trump-tax-bad/5126097

unrulywomenfiction.bsky.social•45 days ago

We know that. How do we stop them?

cajunasfuck.bsky.social•45 days ago

Republicans only care about the oligarchs.

newyorkanugurl.bsky.social•45 days ago

No truer words were spoken

adagietto7.bsky.social•45 days ago

The actual economic framework. https://youtu.be/oOjJtEkKMX4?si=j0Y9kaxjClJM0E0K

hunnybun100.bsky.social•45 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/garyseconomics.bsky.social/post/3leyc5gwrm22v

adagietto7.bsky.social•28 days ago

The treachery from the GQP knows no bound. https://youtu.be/BOp8IiRaS1U?si=aE0HgYWmcsxvk-mV

adagietto7.bsky.social•44 days ago

Mallory seeking 15 mins of fame using vapid maga conspiracy tactics - our new dystopian reality on top of the devastation in Cali.

adagietto7.bsky.social•43 days ago

The soft bigotry of the low-info ethno-nationalistic Murican.
This is textbook sadopopulism. @hunnybun100.bsky.social @foreignsubstance.bsky.social
https://unusualwhales.com/news/congressman-buddy-carter-just-introduced-a-bill-to-abolish-the-irs-repeal-income-payroll-estate-and-gift-taxes

terryellisart.bsky.social•44 days ago

Creeps and Criminals.

slynnw.bsky.social•44 days ago

They want to punish the poor even more.

They want to reward the rich for greed.

We will never have enough money to take away from us to pay for the wealthy’s greed.

They’ll take what we have an complain it’s not even close to what we owe them.

They never planned to pay for anything & they won’t

sweetooth1.bsky.social•45 days ago

Right, America First doesn't mean Americans First.

cw-rt-lft-ctr.bsky.social•45 days ago

When Medicare and Social Security get cut, that's cuts to health insurance and retirement plans that have been paid for, for years by the ppl who are covered. In the case of Medicare, my premium is $205 monthly, on top of all the FICA I paid in before I ever touched it. Screw 'em!

suffragette333.bsky.social•45 days ago

These cuts hurt the very people who supported Trump. I hope the price of eggs goes down at least.

jrheisler.bsky.social•44 days ago

They'll never get it passed unless Democrats go along and if Democrats go along they should never be in office again

maryhruth.bsky.social•45 days ago

There is absolutely no justification for this. But we're spozed to just accept it cuz we're weak and they're strong?

sundwoman.bsky.social•45 days ago

His base will be the most adversely affected.

froggymctickles.bsky.social•45 days ago

It's just so fucking transparent and yet I feel like everyone is just going with it like. "Meh. Them's the breaks." All day today I have seen nothing but billionaire shills saying that they are heroes and people who don't think that food and shelter is a human right.

lightningace.bsky.social•45 days ago

Didn't they used to say that tax cuts pay for themselves? Did they give up that false notion?

danielmybrother.bsky.social•45 days ago

Gee, what a shock

planehop.bsky.social•45 days ago

i wonder what the seniors who voted for the convicted felon and the gop members running in their state's elections will think about this? if it hurts them, then "i don't care, do u?" sorry for being this way, but he/they told us their plans: project 2025

swenglishlady.bsky.social•45 days ago

Robber barons

rickchancellor.bsky.social•45 days ago

I’ll make this as simple as possible: when the wealthy take everything away, we no longer have anything to lose and the next step is a revolution.

I will not stand idly by and let rich politicians and their wealthy overlords strip away everything good about our country. I will fight for America.

elliotfisk.bsky.social•45 days ago

#FUKTHEGOP

mahatma68896892.bsky.social•45 days ago

Reduce the number of billionaires.

desiccatedego.bsky.social•45 days ago

Congratulations Americans, you voted for a adjudicated sexual abuser & convicted felon. The guilded qge has begun at your expense and it’s your fault.

carole197331.bsky.social•45 days ago

Yep. Caused inflation the last time and our taxes are still rising to pay for it. Way to go maggats

tightliner.bsky.social•45 days ago

Here we go again. Rethuglicans are going to destroy our economy again, so a Democratic President will have to rebuild it.
Same old song and dance.

keithford.bsky.social•45 days ago

With J6 they had a test case to prove they can write whatever narrative they like completely divorced from reality. This was a power grab like never before. I'm skeptical they will give up power. Doesn't feel like the same dance.

dlawbailey.bsky.social•45 days ago

Seriously, Trump is s not going to "pay" for anything. The deficit is headed for $4 trillion and we have to deal with the fact that we are NEVER going to "pay back" our national debt. It's just not possible.

We're doing MMT right now, we're just not managing it.

halcragin.bsky.social•45 days ago

Listening to @thebulwark.bsky.social
Sarah Longwell has her Republican Buddy maya talk about budget cuts and not once could they bring themselves to say we have to raise taxes on the super wealthy if we are gonna do any meaningful change

did a great back-and-forth about cutting everything else

sturtle.bsky.social•45 days ago

Of course all of these trillions of govt projects will be awarded to Trump, Musk companies.

leahcat1197.bsky.social•45 days ago

No. The answer is no. Get the oligarchs to pay their taxes @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov. These proposals are offensive!

daviddennison.bsky.social•45 days ago

Well, the people voted for it.

dee76450.bsky.social•45 days ago

🤬🤬🤬🤬

giallo360.bsky.social•45 days ago

Getting out to vote on Election Day matters. Who knew? It’s not like anyone was warned about what his agenda would be beforehand, right?

fakeconsultant.bsky.social•44 days ago

Considering how willing the GOP is to jack up debt to pay for tax cuts, I'd respectfully suggest the tax and spending cuts are more independant that they may at first seem.

ham215.bsky.social•45 days ago

You don't say

justmet.bsky.social•45 days ago

Funny that THOSE are the programs they feel need cutting….why not cut other non-essential services?????? It’s their plan to cripple the poor!

margaretgodman.bsky.social•45 days ago

I’m sure the price of eggs folks don’t even get it yet.

happyhulk.bsky.social•45 days ago

I think we can now understand "the price of eggs" as now a euphemism for racism and bigotry.

siprof.bsky.social•44 days ago

He is just reprehensible!

kathwertheim.bsky.social•45 days ago

Notice how they don’t ever want to cut the military budget? Or discuss getting rid of a few bombers? That’s because the military & their corporate suppliers like Boeing use their sweet $$$$ from Congress in part to pay lobbyists & to make political donations, while Medicaid recipients can’t do that.

jrwalt.bsky.social•45 days ago

Domineering
Oligarchy
Gets
Everything
DOGE

bugs-bibliowrecks.bsky.social•45 days ago

Ah yes, let's cut the anti-hunger program 😳

thunderballs2.bsky.social•45 days ago

Millions of trump voters think these tax cuts for the wealthy will trickle down. Fox News has them more afraid of being woke than being brainwashed.

tomshenk.bsky.social•45 days ago

A trillion for deportations would be nice, imagine all those wads of cash to hand out to your buddies

nocoguy.bsky.social•45 days ago

What is lost here is the correct framing. They're not just cuts; they're lives. Republicans are literally deciding how many of us should die to help their billionaire friends have even more money they'll never be able to spend.

calvinonthebeach.bsky.social•45 days ago

Project 2025 is real, and they want it to be our reality.

cathyob1.bsky.social•45 days ago

Why do the rich need tax cuts?

ihatetwitter7.bsky.social•44 days ago

These are awful human beings!😖

kelliharder76.bsky.social•44 days ago

They wonder why we cheer for Luigi

ihatetwitter7.bsky.social•44 days ago

I didn’t cheer for that guy…

But I get why people did!

The health insurance syndicate murder numbers are not up for display!😠

kelliharder76.bsky.social•44 days ago

I worked for UHC for 4 years. The numbers aren’t up for display but I could make an educated guess. I had a hard time not cheering.

ihatetwitter7.bsky.social•44 days ago

Too bad more insiders don’t leak that info to the public!😕

kelliharder76.bsky.social•44 days ago

I left 15 years ago but if I would have had any idea I would have definitely been a mole!

studentsdemocracy.bsky.social•45 days ago

THEIR MISSION

is not good for DEMOCRACY

veganspacemanspiff.bsky.social•45 days ago

Who will then buy them elections in the future.

billstewart.bsky.social•45 days ago

And when the GOP gets out of office, they rediscover that THE DEFICIT IS HIGH! THAT'S BAD!! and the Dems raise taxes to keep the budget closer to in balance (as well as restoring GOP spending cuts), but the burden falls on the middle class because GOP protects the rich-people tax cuts aggressively.

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rsthomas42.bsky.social•45 days ago

Well, Elon Musk is only the richest person in human history, you can't expect him to get by on a pittance like that.

vjswv.bsky.social•45 days ago

it's an abomination despicable humans MAGAts who believe violence against innocent Americans is somehow ok now they're going to starve poor needy children been hungry humiliates a child they're incapable of focusing its causes emotional harm and they're innocent kids

rudell.bsky.social•45 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/rudell.bsky.social/post/3ldmb2bt7js24

mightymo2008.bsky.social•45 days ago

How much money do these greedy “F’ers” need? I don’t wish anything bad but I don’t anything good for them either.

zodle77.bsky.social•45 days ago

I wonder how many democrats will vote with them. Probably a good amount of the caucus.

landscapebear.bsky.social•45 days ago

Guess what, it doesn’t matter now because they’re going to do away with legitimate elections for the midterms so there will be no consequences for these actions. 🤷‍♂️

sarahcconner.bsky.social•45 days ago

They will not decrease the deficit by one dime. They will increase the debt. But the gullible maga will cheer.

parents4health.bsky.social•45 days ago

It's stupid.

jack2011.bsky.social•44 days ago

I’m guess they haven’t figured out that a lot of little MAGETS are going to go hungry.

solosojourner.bsky.social•45 days ago

“These cuts” isn’t helpful to anyone. Who will the cuts impact, by ethnicity? Be specific, because White people think they aren’t impacted.

The cuts to K-12, SNAP, WIC, Higher Education, Housing & all the others impact White people most with Hispanic and Blacks in distant 2nd and 3rd place. Say it.

southsideallison.bsky.social•44 days ago

"They’re also eyeing repealing significant Biden administration health care rules, which could include ending a rule requiring minimum staffing levels at nursing homes." This would be a hugely dangerous action.

dirk11w.bsky.social•44 days ago

Cuts to the income tax rates for the top bracket don't really affect the 1% since they don't have incomes.

curiouskev.bsky.social•45 days ago

Sounds like a project 2025 plan and something the Republican collaborators could get behind. The USA is being ruled by oligarchs and fascists.

susubrooks.bsky.social•45 days ago

We have to make this the Democrats' mantra.

jwcreighton3.bsky.social•45 days ago

I was prepared for Trump to win because of all the malicious disinformation being pumped like sewage into the political ecosystem. However, I didn’t think his coattails would be long enough for MAGA to retain the House.

Probably most won’t, but I hope voters understand they reap what they sow.

seanfsez.bsky.social•45 days ago

It’s theft pure and simple

njbrpe.bsky.social•45 days ago

yeh well, how soon will maga find out it his poor red states the hardest?

jeanneleduc.bsky.social•45 days ago

He won't give a fuck. He's done with them
He's moved on to billionaires.

njbrpe.bsky.social•45 days ago

the problem with a voting process, if there still is one, is that he needs votes

jeanneleduc.bsky.social•44 days ago

He'll spewing bullshit.
Lie about how he saved the country.
In 2 years a good amount of his damage will be done.

danray0424.bsky.social•45 days ago

Okay here's my new idea: Design a universal healthcare solution and pitch it to the White House as "Trumpcare".

I think that's the way in. You know he'd bite. I want his name to go away too, but if he can get it done, he deserves it.

dobereiner.bsky.social•44 days ago

Too bad about ending Biden’s climate programs. Considered in the light of the California and North Carolina disasters, having a President who calls climate change a “hoax” is horrifying.

jdub-56.bsky.social•45 days ago

I could have live with cuts if they actually used that money for their precious border crap but using it to pay for tax cuts that will largely benefit the wealthy is typical of the Republicans.

mattaponi.bsky.social•45 days ago

Jodey Arrington is clueless…

taraoconnor.bsky.social•45 days ago

I’m just waiting for the cost of eggs to go down🤷🏽‍♀️

gypsybass.bsky.social•45 days ago

They were warned but they decided to believe nonsense

comen-tator.bsky.social•45 days ago

I've said it before and it is still the Truth, the GOP plans to stop or cut everything that helps the middle or lower earning people, to give additional benefits to the wealthy and higher earning people, you know, their donors and good personal friends who give them stuff!

cg13.bsky.social•45 days ago

Beware! The cruel and corrupt Republicans in Congress will immediately attempt to decimate and destroy Medicaid, the ACA, social programs and the economic safety net in order to give massive tax cuts to the selfish wealthy and the greedy corporations. Shameful and vile!

mominmn.bsky.social•45 days ago

Taking from those who can’t afford it to give to those who can’t spend what they have now.

newyorkanugurl.bsky.social•45 days ago

Its just sick situation.

markbrazill.bsky.social•45 days ago

ALL of Trump’s plans will be given out to his cronies who’ll steal most of it and spend nothing on actual problems.

hunnybun100.bsky.social•45 days ago

Molly you need to interview Gary Stevenson

https://bsky.app/profile/garyseconomics.bsky.social/post/3leyc5gwrm22v

laurajtreetalker.bsky.social•45 days ago

I guess they don't ever want to be in power again.

paullanger.bsky.social•45 days ago

Upward redistribution of wealth is their goal

moodcreative.bsky.social•45 days ago

They’ll have no taxes for millionaires no matter what it costs. Tax dollars are a treasure chest to be looted

firefly55.bsky.social•44 days ago

This is what they voted for.

thetheredundant.bsky.social•45 days ago

Same as it ever was

magafree.bsky.social•45 days ago

Trump will keep this promise.

ravenna321.bsky.social•45 days ago

The most vulnerable are the least powerful.

vicjim.bsky.social•45 days ago

🤬🤬🤬

shellbell918.bsky.social•45 days ago

I’d like to know why the pentagon’s waste and flagrant malfeasance is not on the menu. Why must the middle class always give up so much? Why are we always the first to take a punch to the gut? Nobody talks about this or writes about it. Molly please be the first.

ajsnnc.bsky.social•44 days ago

He forgets a major chunk of his voters need these programs. Screwed again by the Con.

paboo8.bsky.social•45 days ago

No they don’t, they just want to bring joy to their evil hearts. They know tax cuts is orthogonal to helping the less privileged. Essential to comprehending MMT to grok their evil souls.

hirobottt.bsky.social•45 days ago

$3.5 trillion to the wealthiest.

$1.5 for the rest of us.

Just enough to try & fool the masses into thinking it’s a win for them.

Let’s see if Dems can message it into an L for the GOP.🤞