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GOP Proposes $4.5 Trillion Tax Giveaway to the Rich While 'Ransacking' Food Stamps and Medicaid (www.commondreams.org)
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[–] 86 points 2 years ago (17 children)

This infuriates me more than anything else, but the Republicans were very clear on their intentions and were elected democratically.

It sucks that we don't have a legit opposition party that actually cares about the poor and working class.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    During the campaign Trump repeatedly said he wouldn't mess with Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. Towards the end of the campaign he stopped saying Medicaid. But just last week he was asked about cuts and said he wouldn't touch Medicaid.

    I guess it's all true because Congress is going to cut all three.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago* (7 children)

    A bunch of trump admin people wrote project 2025 with the heritage foundation. Trump himself is a well known liar and was under criminal prosecution.

    We knew it would be tax cuts for the richest, again. At this point its still surprising that people are dumb enough to believe his words over his actions..

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The amount of people I know that said they were voting Trump for "economic reasons" is far too high.

    I know they make less money than I do, so they're definitely not the ones benefitting from Trumps economic plans. The absolute buffoons.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    I'm well aware of project 2025, and I've understood for ten years now that if Trump's mouth is open, he's lying.

    My best friend relies on medication to function that would cost $1600 each month if not for Medicaid. Obviously he can't afford private insurance. I was trying to reassure him that it might not happen with the (dis)information in my last post a couple days ago. He's screwed.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    At this point its still surprising that people are dumb enough to believe his words over his actions…

    Not to me. At least half of Americans are not much better than apes. Honestly feels like we've got two different branches of the human tree coexisting. Like Neanderthals coexisting with homo sapiens.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    We did, it was Bernie. And we burned him :(

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What the Dems did to Bernie, and the procedures and rules they built around preventing another uncrowned presidential contender, is largely why I think it's useless to vote for either of the two major parties. Sometimes it's fun to think about how far forward the nation would be if he'd have had EO power, though.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No. Instead the “opposition” party is doing everything they can to chastize their own base for flooding their phone lines demanding they do something to stop the madness.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    The problem was:

    1. Not everyone knew, due to them only really caring about politics each election year.
    2. Got the wrong news source.
    3. Thought since politicians lie, some part of what they promised won't be done.
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