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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)
I'm shocked.
this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2025
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See, this right here is the MAIN AGENDA of the qon elitists.
All the other identity politics bullshit is largely red meat for his dipshit base. Sure, there are true believers like Bannon and Miller that are for that, but this is the MAIN thing: sending more money to the already extremely and obscenely affluent, and fucking the 99%.
Well, that and crashing the economy to steal everything they don't already own for a pittance.
Hey, I've seen this one
dumbfucks voted for this. jesus fucking christ.
You guys gotta get out of this teamsport mindset.
It's not just them feeling the pinch. It's real people that you probably care about. And we're all in the shit together.
Yes, but they keep voting for this shit because they want to harm "certain" Americans. And yes, we are all having to live through it.
And they do that because of decades of propaganda and being lied to by cunts.
They're as much victims of this shit as the people they've been told to hate.
You and I have more in common with the most rabid chud on this continent than we do with oligarchs like Musk and Zucc or carpetbaggers like Trump.
Be mad. Go through those stages. But when shit gets bad and they turn on him. Don't go wagging a finger. Offer a hand instead.
I want to thank you for posting this. In dark times like these, it’s a much needed reminder to show compassion when the time comes. People will have a hard enough time once they realize they’ve been duped. No need to make it any more difficult.
Luigis needed
What ya waiting for?
the only answer. don't care about how we got here. no need to highlight their hypocrisy. we move forward from here. keep making the calls until it's deafening.
Chopping off the head of a hydra is not an answer.
Who is feeding it?
Comes as NO SURPRISE
Their level of cruelty is just expected now, huh. Sad times.
of course it is, and yes it's sad. now do something about it.
I wish I could, honestly. Well-meaning Americans have my full support, though.
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
I dont think these people realize how close they are to being ripped apart in the street by an angry mob...and I kind of hope they don't realize it until its too late.
Are they though? Are they? Or is everyone too focused on not upsetting the status quo to even throw a pebble in protest?
Give it a few months. Also it will be a situation of critical mass. Seemingly nothing until it hits the tipping point, then suddenly massive
You're way more optimistic than me about the future of America.
For real. I talk with my friends about the tipping point, and this unfortunately ain't it by a mile. MAGAts don't make up the entirety of R voters, but not one MAGAt would give a shit if D voters started getting rounded up. It's been an incredibly thorough brainwashing effort by whoever spearheaded the effort. R used to mean small government, states rights! Now it means fuck Joe Biden, fuck your feelings, fuck work culture. And it all feels like it happened so fast. Say what you want about Bush, but the sentiment among those who voted for him wasn't this open hostility that we have today.
but not one MAGAt would give a shit if D voters started getting rounded up.
Just like in Germany nearly a hundred years ago, when they rounded up the socialists. And you know who they were back then, and who they are now.
if you know what's coming, you make a preemptive strike.
The only thing getting ripped apart are his pants so they can kiss his ass raw
The angry mob came when they didn't win the election 4 years ago.
Really? The people affected by this wanted this turd in the office or at least didn't have a problem enough with him to go vote for someone else.
Because the people who need this money are leading rough, rough lives already and often don't have the time or energy to properly learn politics. They're the kind of people who can't afford to miss work or looking after their family to vote.
They're victims of their circumstances and now they're going to suffer more for it. They're not the enemies here.
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LMFAO, WHAT BENEFITS?!?!?
While I agree the US does a fraction of what they could: Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
WIC
HUD
ESG
COC
Department of Education
The list goes on and on. If you think there aren't a LOT of social programs that they can cut, you are in for a very, very rough time.
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Hmm interesting how all the efficiency that they are introducing requires cutting benefits. Almost as if they were pleasing the 1% or something.
Don't forget the new tax plan also includes tax increases for us plebs too!
Cut benefits, increase payments! Good job Magoos!
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