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70sEraVet

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27. I've started having fun, pointing out to Trump voters ......

Sun May 11, 2025, 10:19 AM

May 11

that with all of this effort to save money, by firing masses of federal workers and slashing government agencies and programs, has there been ANY talk of using the money saved to pay down the National Debt? Remember the National Debt -- that enormous number that used to make Republican leaders so worried?
No, all of this pain is only so we can give tax cuts to Trump and his highest-paying donors!

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Why Is It A Given That We Have To Give Billionaires A 7 Trillion Dollar Tax Cut [View all] gab13by13 May 11 OP

Why is it a given that we have to give a 7 trillion dollar tax cut to billionaires? sop May 11 #1

Obsession with acquiring obscene amounts of wealth - werdna May 11 #2

As is society's penchant for extoling their so-called virtues SheltieLover May 11 #4

I think it's not a special form of illness Hieronymus Phact May 11 #33

Yes. And Money is the gateway to Power addiction! n/t werdna May 11 #39

Republicans believe the wealthy create jobs and Emile May 11 #3

In the 1920's it was called Horse & Sparrow Economics gab13by13 May 11 #10

What an absolute load of Horse Feathers IbogaProject May 11 #21

Raw greed is core republiconism BoRaGard May 11 #5

That's how we need to refer to them ... Delarage May 11 #28

Because the billionaires have paid off all of the Republican senators and congress people, indusurb May 11 #6

It really is the only solution. Get money out of politics. travelingthrulife May 11 #14

Because of the galactic egos of a handful of farcially rich toddler ASSHOLES . . . hatrack May 11 #7

This and the lack of progress against inflation would be precisely what we should be beating the GOP with. dutch777 May 11 #8

RepubliQan Congress are co-dependent enablers of the billionaires' money hoarding mental illnesses. Scrivener7 May 11 #9

Missing my point gab13by13 May 11 #11

Ongoing. Just not reported except haele May 11 #16

Some have. They have been holding town halls in red districts. hay rick May 11 #20

Sean Casten is doing this in Illinois. murielm99 May 11 #23

Yeah, the ole GOTV strategy, gab13by13 May 11 #30

"Starve the beast" is a political strategy employed by American conservatives walkingman May 11 #12

Past tense. Technofascists want to almost completely eliminate JCMach1 May 11 #19

Good point - it does appear to be so. walkingman May 11 #24

Read Yarvin, (or don't) read some summaries and critiques JCMach1 May 11 #35

Because they bribed and lobbied enough GOP politicians IronLionZion May 11 #13

Paying off the underaged ain't just peanuts, pal! Montauk6 May 11 #15

Wow, lots of responses blaming republicans (easy), not so many addressing the OP's questions. n/t flvegan May 11 #17

The point is that they don't care if you survive... Wounded Bear May 11 #18

They really ought to be taxed out of existence. hunter May 11 #22

It's a republican policy. BComplex May 11 #25

Why? xuplate May 11 #26

I've started having fun, pointing out to Trump voters ...... 70sEraVet May 11 #27

Because our government now is not of, by and for the people FullySupportDems May 11 #29

Two words... Mossfern May 11 #31

Did anyone see the MSNBC town hall about fired federal workers? gab13by13 May 11 #32

Because billionaires are the "truly entitled" Clouds Passing May 11 #34

So far, I have not seen AI create anything original. Linda ladeewolf May 11 #36

The billionaires want the end of times gab13by13 May 11 #37

What could go right? dchill May 11 #40

K&R c-rational May 11 #38

"I reject that excuse" Ruby the Liberal May 11 #41

Although it is dishonest, the Republicans are not calling it a tax cut karynnj May 11 #42

Because we have an oligarchy making the rules, and they pick themselves GoodRaisin May 11 #43

because THAT is who the greedy old pig party works for Skittles May 11 #44

Take the cap off taxable wages and benefits in SS HereForTheParty May 11 #45