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To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class
(www.propublica.org)
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this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2025
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If you slash OUR services, then you slash OUR taxes. You want to save the rich money, stop spending their taxes on bombs to rip the legs of little kids in Palestine, you ain't spending my money on propping up their system, you're using my money to help US citizens first. I'll set an appointment with the cheese turd, might execute his secret service first just so he fuckibg listens for once. Also it's not illegal to threaten secret service like it is the president. Hi secret service guy, I look forward to beating you to death so I can get to your boss for a genuine conversation where he realizes he is not all that powerful without you idiots pointing guns for him. See you soon shit squat.
What I'm hearing is... the rich get richer. Hmmm...
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
This is dumb, you can do America First policies and have FDR-type socialism, or Nordic model policies, together. American permanent residents and citizens should get benefits they pay for via their taxes. Simple.
It is dumb, as long as your goal is to be as rich as possible and not be as powerful as possible
You will generate better profit from a rich population; they'll also advocate for your business if you openly support their ascension, and you'd lose nothing in profits by doing so
But you do lose power. Power over people, and the benefit of doubt that the government won't strike down on you if you appease, and the people will have more important shit to focus on now that their benefits are gone
Both parties did this, republicans can do it more outwardly without causing a split in parties
America is the land of wealth not well-being. Would you want to live out your retirement in America or Denmark?