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Senate Excludes Trillions in Debt to Make Trump's Tax Bill Seem Cheaper
Republicans changed how its cost was calculated in a way that would omit the estimated $4.2 trillion the plan would add to the national debt.
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The Senate took Trump's tax plan and made it appear nearly 90% cheaper. Republicans changed how its cost was calculated in a way that would omit the estimated $4.2 trillion the plan would add to the national debt.[image or embed] -- The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) Jun 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The Senate took Trump's tax plan and made it appear nearly 90% cheaper.
Republicans changed how its cost was calculated in a way that would omit the estimated $4.2 trillion the plan would add to the national debt.[image or embed]
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#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 10:29 PM | Reply
Isn't this just blatant fraud?
#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 10:30 PM | Reply
LEGALLY
Everything the GOP does is to satisfy Trump's personal need for greed.
No mention yet on how the Senate handled their suicide mission to cut Medicaid and Medicare.
And didn't Elon Musk say he wouldn't give financial help in 2006 for any Senator who voted for this bill?
I wonder if Musk will change his mind if Trump vows to cancel Musk's federal grants?
I don't know who has whom by the short hairs this time. They both seem to have boxed themself into a cage match to the death.
#3 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-06-29 05:48 AM | Reply
We see what you are doing. We don't like it. You can't fool us. You will pay, and pay, and pay ... -The bond market, most powerful force in the world
#4 | Posted by catdog at 2025-06-29 10:21 AM | Reply
CATDOG
"The bond market, most powerful force in the world."
True dat. I'm surprised that the devastating effect of a joint gang sell-off hasn't been used to hammer Trump's "my way or the highway" tariff negations.
#5 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-06-29 12:20 PM | Reply
Fuzzy math is the best math.
#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-06-29 01:23 PM | Reply
#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-28 10:29 PM | Reply | Flag:
What else do you know about a guy who hasn't posted here in a decade?
#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-06-29 01:33 PM | Reply
He knows your brawny sister's fingerprints are all over your pus-soaked pink sock.
#8 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-06-29 01:35 PM | Reply
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