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FactCheck is completely biased and run by leftists. I am not clicking the link, because I know the filthy liberals passed the biggest tax increase in U.S. history under Obama.
Only when measured by unadjusted dollars. Inflation and all.
Hint: Look at World War 2... Then there was the LBJ surcharge...
They are lame ducks if they vote for this bill. They will be on record as voting to raise taxes on their constituents. They are voting to put party ahead of the interests of their own voters. For that they should and will be shown the exit door.
What might complicate that is that I think they might front load tax breaks for the middle class for tax year 2017, then start peeling them away after the midterms, so the political impact to Republicans might be delayed but I think eventually it will mean that they won't control congress for a very long time
If 4% of the Medicare budget ($675 billion total) is spent per year on nursing home care -- the link below is the closest I could find to an actual figure -- that means that "only" $27 billion of Medicare dollars is spent on nursing home care. https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-b...and-financing/
However, that brings up my question as to why, if it is "only" $27 billion, why can't we reduce what we give as handouts to non-U.S. citizens, which according to the following is $116 billion? https://fairus.org/issue/publication...ates-taxpayers
Don't you think that people who have paid their fair share in Social Security and other taxes for all or most of their adult lives deserve at least as much healthcare and security in their old age as those who haven't done so?
I am a 64-year-old woman, and I don't care if no one pays for my end-of-life nursing home stay because I would rather be dead at that point -- but whether Medicare is touched or not, I just hope that they don't reduce Social Security!
If 4% of the Medicare budget ($675 billion total) is spent per year on nursing home care -- the link below is the closest I could find to an actual figure -- that means that "only" $27 billion of Medicare dollars is spent on nursing home care. https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-b...and-financing/
However, that brings up my question as to why, if it is "only" $27 billion, why can't we reduce what we give as handouts to non-U.S. citizens, which according to the following is $116 billion? https://fairus.org/issue/publication...ates-taxpayers
Don't you think that people who have paid their fair share in Social Security and other taxes for all or most of their adult lives deserve at least as much healthcare and security in their old age than those who haven't done so?
I am a 64-year-old woman, and I don't care if no one pays for my end-of-life nursing home stay because I would rather be dead at that point -- but whether Medicare is touched or not, I just hope that they don't reduce Social Security!
That's exactly the plan.
Rs have been gunning for Social Security and Medicare for years now. They make no bones about it.
The plan is to run up the national debt with tax cuts and bogus wars, then claim we have to balance the budget by cutting Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, ...
Two votes have taken place over the last couple of days, strictly along party lines. The first vote was to begin debate and the second vote was to send the bill back to committee. Debate has begun and the bill did not go back to committee.
With all of the deductions that are being taken away from so many, one would think that deductions for moving a factory abroad would be discontinued. That is not the case. Every dollar that is spent moving jobs abroad and claimed as an expense will continue to be deductible.
The President will betray the people who elected him just to get a win. His loyalty is to the class which he is a member. His signature on this tax bill will be clear evidence.
Right, it's been shown trickle down doesn't work. Corporations are going to use their tax cuts to hoard cash instead of hire more workers or increase wages. Just watch and see.
If 4% of the Medicare budget ($675 billion total) is spent per year on nursing home care -- the link below is the closest I could find to an actual figure -- that means that "only" $27 billion of Medicare dollars is spent on nursing home care. https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-b...and-financing/
However, that brings up my question as to why, if it is "only" $27 billion, why can't we reduce what we give as handouts to non-U.S. citizens, which according to the following is $116 billion? https://fairus.org/issue/publication...ates-taxpayers
Don't you think that people who have paid their fair share in Social Security and other taxes for all or most of their adult lives deserve at least as much healthcare and security in their old age than those who haven't done so?
I am a 64-year-old woman, and I don't care if no one pays for my end-of-life nursing home stay because I would rather be dead at that point -- but whether Medicare is touched or not, I just hope that they don't reduce Social Security!
And you don't care if no one pays for your end of life nursing home stay? That's easy to say when you're 64.
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