Mastodawn

"Did Trump’s hatchet job on healthcare, education, food assistance, and other public services and egregious tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans deliver the prosperity and economic growth that he promised so effusively?

You’ll be just shocked to learn the answer is…no, of course not.

Time to log on."

Read the report for the rest of this sordid story.

#Trump #Republicans #TaxCuts #BigBeautifulBill #healthcare #education #food #EconomicElites
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William Lindsey

1d ago

"It’s been one year since the Republican Party rammed Donald Trump’s Big Awful Bill through Congress without a single Democratic vote, slashing taxes for the wealthy and gutting an array of popular public programs to pay for it."

~ The Feed

#Trump #Republicans #TaxCuts #BigBeautifulBill #healthcare #education #food #EconomicElites
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Chuff² 6d ago

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/4/9/2377138/-GOP-s-One-Big-Beautiful-Bill-is-coming-back-to-bite-them

#USPol #Taxes #Big-Beautiful-Bill

GOP’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ is coming back to bite them

When Republicans passed the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act last summer, they were sure that it would be their silver bullet to win the midterms. Never mind the bill'...

Daily Kos

The WASHINGTON PRETZEL Apr 3

74.3% tax hike on people making under $15K. 20.6% on under $30K. Billionaires get a quarter of ALL tax cuts. Rep. Gomez asked: did you make a mistake? Answer: NO. 🤯
#BigBeautifulBill #TaxTheRich #JimmyGomez #TaxHikes #WorkingClass #BillionairesTaxCuts #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Linux Is Best Mar 31

The so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" designed to take place after the election.

Unless we elect progressives — Democrat does not always mean progressive — You're going to need to pay attention to who you're voting for.

But unless we vote progressive, no one will undo that "Big Beautiful Bill". Instead, they will accept it, allow it, and tell you that you should be mad at the Conservative Republicans who put that in place.

That is the "gotcha" — That right there is why so many people feel like both parties are the same. Because at the end of the day, we still end up someplace we don't want to go. Conservative Democrats don't roll back the damage, but rather holdover what Conservative Republicans did so that you accept this is the new normal. Comparable to how once prices at a store go up, they never really truly return to how they once were.

You want real change and real accountability? Vote progressive.

#Progressive #Progressives #Democrat #Democrats #BigBeautifulBill #Trump

William Lindsey

Mar 13

"Seven in 10 Americans say Donald Trump’s tariffs have led to them paying higher prices, according to an exclusive new poll for the Guardian."

~ Lauren Aratani and Andrew Witherspoon

#Trump #Republicans #economy #prices #affordability #tariffs #billionaires #TaxCuts #BigBeautifulBill

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/trump-tariffs-poll

Seven in 10 Americans say Trump’s tariffs caused higher prices

Exclusive survey finds negative economic impacts felt across party lines as White House doubles down on tariffs

The Guardian

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William Lindsey

Mar 13

The New York Times report by Mike Baker and Steven Rich featured in this thread of commentary is at the link below.

For articles behind paywalls, I frequently use the Archive Today site to read.

#billionaires #Republicans #Trump #oligarchy #EconomicElites #TaxCuts #BigBeautifulBill
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/us/billionaires-federal-election-campaign-contributions.html

Billionaires Made 19% of Federal Election Campaign Contributions in 2024

Billionaires made 19 percent of all reported federal campaign contributions in 2024, a Times analysis shows, and even more in some local elections. Wealthy donors are reaping the rewards.

The New York Times

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William Lindsey

Mar 13

For more reporting today on this topic of how billionaires have decisively bought the US and its political system in the Trump era, see:

Caleb Ecarma:

https://oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/how-billionaires-are-hijacking-us

Wajahat Ali and Qasim Rashid:

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-dirty-money-is-buying-democrats

Thom Hartmann"

https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-ceo-presidency-scam-how-republicans-644

#billionaires #Republicans #Trump #oligarchy #EconomicElites #TaxCuts #BigBeautifulBill
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How billionaires are hijacking U.S. politics

A New York Times report published Monday analyzed how America’s billionaire class increasingly controls U.S.

Oligarch Watch

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William Lindsey

Mar 13

"They explain how underwriting political campaigns from those for local school boards to the presidency has enabled the very wealthy to lock in their policy preferences for tax cuts, deregulation, and cuts to the social safety net while also steering valuable government contracts to themselves."

#billionaires #Republicans #Trump #oligarchy #EconomicElites #TaxCuts #BigBeautifulBill
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