The Republican fantasy of lower taxes and hard-to-access social safety net programs will now be a reality

The Republican fantasy of lower taxes and hard-to-access social safety net programs will now be a reality

For decades, Republicans have argued that the US would be better off if taxes were low, and programs to help low-income Americans were harder to access. With Donald Trump’s marquee tax and spending bill now set to become law, the country will find out what it’s like to live under that sort of system.

The massive legislation that Trump plans to sign Friday will make his campaign promises a reality by extending tax cuts enacted during his first term, and creating new deductions aimed at the working-class voters who backed his re-election.

But it will also fundamentally reorder two major social safety net programs, slashing funding and imposing new work requirements that nonpartisan estimates say will cost millions of people their benefits. The ripple effects, experts say, will be felt across the country, and not just by the poor.

    • 2xspicy@sopuli.xyz
      168·
      17 hours ago

      Corporations and affluent individuals are among the biggest winners in this legislation. It reinforces the 2017 tax regime, prioritizes accelerated depreciation, and directs most of the tax relief to those at the top. I’m not personally in that category, but my husband is, so of course I support it.

      • Lightor@lemmy.world
        10·
        12 hours ago

        So you’re a gold digger that’s giddy at the thought of people dying because your sugar daddy has more money now.

        You’re truly a bad person.

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        44·
        16 hours ago

        So you’re part of the fucking problem. Good to know. I’ll make sure to tag your account to remind me of the context when your stupid posts show up later on.

        Makes me really wonder though how an affluent American spouse ends up deciding that a Finnish Lemmy instance is the one to make their account. Much more likely you’re just a Russian troll.

      • MuskyMelon@lemmy.world
        18·
        16 hours ago

        I’m not personally in that category, but my husband is, so of course I support it.

        I hope now that he’s richer, he’ll find a younger, prettier replacement for you in your Gilead fantasy.

      • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
        14·
        16 hours ago

        Can’t wait for your divorce, see if you change your mind if you find yourself on the brink of homelessness.

          • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            6 hours ago

            Except that it’s not remotely balanced. Your husband gets a bit more money. The other people lose their houses, jobs, or lives. That you can even equate the two in your mind shows you’re a person of no moral character.