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Trump 'lied': Shock as GOP bill would trigger more than $500 billion in Medicare cuts
(www.alternet.org)
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"Trump lied" and "Shock" should never, ever be in the same headline. What the actual fuck, it's what he does, constantly, forever now.
It's okay that Trump destroys Medicare. In about two weeks he will reveal his "Trump Care" plan that he has been working on since his former time at the Whitehouse. Yep, about two weeks. /s
nooo
I'm shocked that people are really shocked about his actions.
They're not shocked that he lied, they're shocked that he lied to them. As long as his lies only impact other people, they literally cheer and praise the lying.
It’s only the “low information voters” really. Unfortunately that’s most voters.
Did he lie or did his voters not pay attention?
They want to get lied to.
I’ll take things that we said would happen for $500
I’ll take things that we said would happen for $500 Billion
Trump lying counts as "shocking"? Really?
Really?
And doesn't include tax exemption for retirees.
Remember whenever someone says the bill made "cuts" to remind them our spending will increase under this bill.
What? How?
DOGE only found like $150b in "savings". And chances are that it'll be a net negative because of cuts to the IRS that would've caught more tax cheats.
itll increase the deficit by something like 4 trillion. because the tax cuts to the fucking rich are that high.
Increased military spending, tax cuts to the rich/old, increasing funding for deportations, the "Golden Dome" project that is about 100bil that will dissapear into top secret contracts, and increased welfare for red states.
Just read over a summary. This is going to be so bad.
Anyone who is paying attention isn’t shocked. Must say though, 1/2 a trillion is a-lot of dough considering no one is talking about reducing the Medcaid/care tax.
The tax will cover the tax cuts on people who already have an obscene amount of money.
It will not, actually. This bill is far from budget neutral. The tax breaks for rich people are so massive that they far outweigh the big cuts to vital social programs. This bill will grow the deficit by trillions of dollars over the next decade.