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RoeVWade

(930 posts)
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 09:55 AM Jul 2025

Aren't Republicans cheering being taxed?

I read even with the adjusted lower tariffs, the effective tax rate on American is highest in 100 years.

One MAGA I know has always said "taxes are stealing" yet cheering on Trump.

In my mind, Trump has figured out how to tax lower income Republicans without them complaining because it's all going to pay off eventually (in theory). Whereas Democrats have always (at least in recent decades) always focused more on upper incomes and extremely wealthy.

What bothers me the most, is many of the things Trump are more long-term damage. Like damage to EPA policies could take years to be realized. If you're now going to be poisoned by relaxed regulations on an industry, it may be years before the sick people start showing up in the data.

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BOSSHOG

(44,738 posts)
2. "It may be years before sick people start showing up in the data"
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 10:14 AM
Jul 2025

Long after he’s dead and a democrat is in the White House.

Johonny

(26,631 posts)
4. The next president will be left with one hell of a mess
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 11:31 AM
Jul 2025

Just like Biden was dumped a mess.

RoeVWade

(930 posts)
5. Yes!. Well half the government being dismantled. Repubs think government works works better with fewer people and
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 12:01 PM
Jul 2025

and same pay or less. I've got news for them. Just not the same incentives as private business. The man or woman left in that office is not going to go through that stack of projects faster with fewer people. Especially, the jobs reduced aren't factually evaluated. Repugs did evaluation with a bean count not actual evaluation which is more time consuming and difficult.

Raftergirl

(1,862 posts)
6. They are too stupid to get that tariffs are a tax on them, no matter how many times it's been explained to
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 03:45 PM
Jul 2025

them.

And they believe everything will be made in America again.

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