One GOP proposal takes aim squarely at parents raising children on their own by eliminating the “head of household” filing status to reap some $200B more in taxes over a decade from single parents and other adults caring for dependents on their own.
That headline is doing a lot of posturing.
Reminder that taxes do not fund spending. They do not need to “offset” the tax cuts by reducing benefits. They simply want to do both.
So taxes exist just to make money disappear?
So increase prices on the poor and then cut their benefits. Frankly, I’m here for it. Quickest way to turn your blue collar base against you is to make sure that they go hungry. Go on Trump. Give them a reason to write “Let them eat cake” in your blood.
Are you kidding? They’ll blame Biden.
True, but at least they’ll suffer for it?
At this point, I’ve largely embraced apathy:
More likely outcome - they’ll use this to enrage the base, point them at POC, LGBTQ, non-xtians, liberals, etc…and promise them a pardon.
Nah Faux News will instruct them to think it’s Obama’s fault somehow.
This is extremely cynical of them.
Cynical? It’s the core plank of the Republiqan platform and always has been.
And now the broligarchs are tired of playing footsies with even pretending to care about stuff on the margins (DEI hiring, rainbow-washing, etc.) they bought donvict and now they are going to cash the fuck in. If they can smash the working class completely, and end democracy entirely, they won’t even have to worry about any more pandering with the usual ragebait they need to get dumb people to vote for Republicans, either.
You hear that, peasants? The pain you are going to feel is going to be a patriotic one, because you’ll be helping to feed into the glorification of the already obscenely wealthy!
Also another big benefit and this is the one you probably are most excited about: this might harm some brown people and some libs, too, so enjoy your SHIT SANDWICH because some of the people you love to hate might have to smell it! Eat up.
Why do we pay taxes anymore? Wasn’t that the whole reason for the tea party, people paid for what, no say or benefit?
We pay taxes for public roads, firefighters, police, military, parks, etc. If they aren’t going to be used as a pool of resources to focus into infrastructure for the country then it’s a crime to pay into thin air that just gives elon even more money.
I had to check to see if this was an onion article.
