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benpollard

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8. What about the tax cuts?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jun 3, 2025, 04:40 PM

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Musk has a problem with spending in the bill, but what about the tax cuts for billionaires that are the biggest cause of our enormous deficits?

And how about some cuts to the military budget which is rife with waste and abuse. Their budget is actually increased in the bill!

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