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Missouri lawmakers are promising tax cuts while making the math harder
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Presidents who crashed the #useconomy
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And each had to be bailed out by #democraticpresidents
The old #twosantas
When #Republicans control...spend money like a drunken Santa and massively cut taxes on the rich
The #Reagan presidency dropped top income tax rate on the morbidly rich from 74% down to 28%... with four subsequent massive #taxcuts for the rich during the presidencies of #GWBush, #Trump I, and Trump II.
https://hartmannreport.com/p/santa-claus-for-billionaires-debt-b1a
Missourians should beware of Republican tax cut Trojan Horse
Missourians should beware of Republican tax cut Trojan Horse • Missouri Independent
In 2024, I competed with Dr. George Hruza for a seat in Missouri’s House of Representatives. It was a spirited race and the closest this West St. Louis County district has seen. He and I mutually agreed not to sink to the level of personal attacks and, while I was not the winner, I feel […]
William Lindsey 
"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
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
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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"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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"On March 9, Mike Baker and Steven Rich of the New York Times published a long exposé of the corruption of American politics by billionaires."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#billionaires #Republicans #Trump #oligarchy #EconomicElites #TaxCuts #BigBeautifulBill
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Missouri House backs GOP plan to replace income tax with expanded sales tax
Missouri House backs GOP plan to replace income tax with expanded sales tax • Missouri Independent
A proposed constitutional amendment that would give lawmakers broad authority to expand the state sales tax and use the revenue to eliminate the income tax won initial approval in the Missouri House Tuesday.