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RoeVWade

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

Aren't Republicans cheering being taxed? [View all]

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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