They already gave out all the tax cuts they could manage, and surprise, surprise, there are none left for anyone who would truly benefit. Just wait. Things are gonna trickle down any day now.
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There are more tax cuts left for people who could benefit. They're just all also going to go to the 1%
Get JD Vance on the phone! He keeps saying people with children are more special. /s
Turns out when we follow the money that billionaires are the actual people the GOP regards as special.
Phone is lost in the couch cushions... I am NOT putting my hand in there.
The legislation would have given low-income parents larger tax refunds, especially in households with multiple children. Tax analysts said a tax filer who has two children and earned $9,000 last year would receive a child tax credit refund worth $975 under current law, but $1,950 under the proposal.
The bill’s authors, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), said it would “help 16 million kids from low-income families and lift 500,000 out of poverty,” in part by allowing parents to claim the full tax credit for each of their kids, something they can’t do now.
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Republicans complained that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) only brought the measure up for a vote six months after it was approved by the House (by a 357-70 vote) to help bolster the campaigns of vulnerable Democratic incumbents facing tough reelection fights in November.
Some GOP senators also warned about giving Democrats a major election-year legislative victory
After denying Obama the chance to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat then rushing through ACB in a much shorter window, Republicans deserve all the election year fuckery until Trump's appointees are off the court
Mr Lindsay Graham "use my words against me" when denying Obama's pick. Well he's not a man of his word.
Some GOP senators also warned about giving Democrats a major election-year legislative victory
They'd rather burn the country down for wins than do anything useful for regular people.
They wouldn't pass this if they had the white house. As far as I'm concerned, they think burning the country down is a win.
Keeping the working and middle class entirely dependent on billionaires is what pays for their campaigns to get elected. Killing education and any critical thinking ability in their base is what makes the scam work.
Senator McConnell had the following to say:
I can't tell if he is stroking out?
I don't know, but that's certainly the face I make when I'm stroking one out.
If you look like Mitch maybe you should talk to your doctor about it, and either get some medicine or embalming fluid 😁
That's a bit mean. There are plenty of old people and ugly babies who look like Mitch.
Seems young and healthy.
Yes because Republicans want people to suffer as much as legally possible.
Republicans are QUICK to cut Taxes for Billionaires and QUICK to Increase Taxes for the Working Class because they CARE about you and me! We just need to VOTE them into Power before they Show us!
1, they never ever have the intention to do so. 2, even if they did, it would not be during an election cycle when the current president is a Democrat
2a. and if they did, it would have a built in expiration timed for the middle of the next term.