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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCould someone please explain to me..
How we are going to pay for these Tax Cuts...
Please make it as simple as possible..
Thanks!
underpants
(182,788 posts)Problem solved.
LuckyCharms
(17,425 posts)Johonny
(20,841 posts)They're raising taxes on the middle class.
ToadRibs
(10 posts)is to cut government by cutting taxes. Libertarian and Republicans have long wanted less Federal government and put more back on the State level government. Cutting taxes and defunding agencies is an effective way to do just that.
My 2 cents.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)are in life and what a HUGE role a properly functioning federal government plays in it.
Rightwing, racist states cant be trusted to handle the simplest of things like healthcare, environment, etc.
Oh wait, turns out they are NOT simple after all.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Healthcare, Education, Work Projects (infrastructure) Environmental Protection.Consumer Protection
They think were that stupid?
Salviati
(6,008 posts)... the whole "starve the beast" strategy, it's also important to note that cutting taxes is also an end unto itself for them. For a lot of them, they aren't cutting taxes to stimulate the economy, or starve the government of funding, they aren't cutting taxes with any vision of what will happen in the future, they're cutting taxes because they want to pay lower taxes.
unblock
(52,208 posts)these are republicans, they don't really *pay* for anything.
they borrow, then declare bankruptcy!
procon
(15,805 posts)MiniMe
(21,714 posts)My guess would be to base future tax revenue on unrealistic growth
unblock
(52,208 posts)if the original budget allocates $4 trillion for a tax cut, then i think all the reconciliation bill needs to do under reconciliation rules is to not cost more than $4 trillion.
of course, getting the original budget passed in the first place with such a big gaping hole is a problem in and of itself, though the politics of passing budget bills is different from the politics of passing an isolated tax cut bill.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)doc03
(35,328 posts)insane. That's like being on the verge of homelessness and reporting off work 2 days a week.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)busterbrown
(8,515 posts)It's not very difficult to understand..All Govt. Programs designed to help the majority of Americans will be severely knifed!
Think about it.. Infrastructure, Healthcare, Poverty, Environmental Protection...oh... fuck it
Weekend Warrior
(1,301 posts)Deaths from a lack of affordable healthcare. The continuation of the crumbling infrastructure. Continuing to ignore our education system. SS with increases not attached to the real cost of living.
Government math goes like this and it helps Republicans. If the same exact dollar amount is spent on an agency or program from one year to the next then it's a spending cut.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Sticking within the budget considered a crime by RightWing/Libertarians!