ChiGoose

Looks like the GOP bill raises costs for most Americans by much more than the tax cuts. If the bill isn’t for seniors (who will be kicked out of nursing homes), and it’s not for people who use electricity (it will raise electricity bills), and it’s not for the fiscal hawks (it will add trillions to the debt), and it’s not for rural Americans (who will lose access to hospitals), and it’s not for 80% of Americans (whose rising costs will far outpace the tax cuts) then who is it for?

A recent National Rural Health Association report estimates rural hospitals would lose 21% of their Medicaid funding which they claim is nearly $70 billion over ten years. That could mean more hospital closures, reduced care access, and economic pain in towns that rely on hospitals as major employers. Looks like the bill is going to harm rural hospitals, forcing them to cut staff or even close. “If we lose any of our health care infrastructure, as a result of these cuts, you’re going to take our biggest problem and you’re going to make it significantly larger once again,” Shakespear said. Shakespear says another major concern is that the bill adds a work requirement for Medicaid eligibility.” “Many rural workers don’t receive regular paychecks, according to Shakespear, that means they’ll need special waivers.” “Matt McCullough is with the Utah Hospital Association and said the waiver programs create more barriers, making it harder to access Medicaid.” If the bill isn’t for seniors (who will be kicked out of nursing homes), and it’s not for people who use electricity (it will raise electricity bills), and it’s not for the fiscal hawks (it will add trillions to the debt), and it’s not for rural Americans, then who is it for?

Bad news for the fiscal hawks: the bill adds trillions to the national debt. If the bill isn’t for seniors (who will be kicked out of nursing homes), and it’s not for people who use electricity (it will raise electricity bills), and it’s not for the fiscal hawks, then who is it for?

Sure hope no GOPers use electricity since their bill is going to raise electricity costs across the board. President Donald Trump and Republicans are itching to kill tax credits that lower the cost to build wind and solar, which are now largely cheaper than fossil fuels like natural gas and coal. More wind and solar on the electricity grid helps keep utility bills lower, and Biden-era tax credits were set to rapidly ramp up the amount of those cheaper, renewable projects being built.  When combined with the electric vehicle consumer tax credit likely being cut, annual electricity and transportation costs in every state in the continental United States will be higher than they would have if the tax credits stayed intact, analysis from think tank Energy Innovation found. Bad news for red states: ”Annual household energy costs could rise $845 per year in Oklahoma by 2035, and $777 per year in Texas. That’s because these states would be set to deploy a massive amount of wind and solar if Biden-era energy tax credits were left in place. If that goes away, states will have to lean on natural gas to generate power.” “Blue states that are deliberately putting more clean energy onto their grids would still see prices rise over the coming decade, albeit far less, Orvis said. They are more immune to price shocks because they won’t be as heavily reliant on gas and coal.” If the bill is bad for seniors in nursing homes, and bad for anyone who uses electricity (especially in some GOP states), it makes you wonder why they are so intent on passing this turd…

Sure hope there are no Republicans in nursing homes… If the bill passes, more than half of nursing homes would be forced to cut staff and a quarter of them would close

“The Democratic Party are Marxist Communists Socialists and also they are the party of the billionaires.” -MAGA logic Meanwhile, the party that received the overwhelming majority of donations from billionaires, is led by a billionaire, has a cabinet full of billionaires, and is trying to pass a bill that basically nobody likes that gives huge windfalls to billionaires while raising costs for average Americans is *not* the party of billionaires. Got it.

One of the fun things about recognizing that most MAGA voters are just actually dumb is that when you point it out to them, they respond with non-sequitors because actually realizing that they are pawns of the elitist billionaire class requires them do the impossible task of thinking for themselves.

Americans generally dislike the “Big Beautiful Bill”, including Republicans. If voters hate the bill, but the GOP pushes it forward for some reason, maybe MAGA voters will start to think* about who really is in charge of the movement? Pew: Far more Americans oppose the legislation than favor it. Nearly half (49%) oppose it, while 29% favor it. Another 21% are not sure *Just kidding. Anyone still in the MAGA movement is incapable of independent thought. They stopped any brain function to focus all resources on licking boots.

Always funny when people who can’t read or lack critical thinking skills complain about being called stupid. You can’t fix stupid. But you can point and laugh at them.

No matter how dumb and gullible you think MAGA is, it’s not as dumb and gullible as they actually are. Unfathomable levels of stupidity here, and I’m sure you all will manage to top it soon enough. No wonder the GOP wants to destroy the education system, they need a steady supply of idiots.

Look man, at best, they’re dumb. They’re just a bunch of dumb idiots who have no idea what is going on or what they are talking about. That’s why they keep pathetically trying to deflect like this and constantly move the goalposts. It’s like the country is being run by flat earthers. Try to reason with them at your own peril.

Bootlickers gotta lick boots. Even if they spent the whole campaign talking about how Kamala was going to drag us into a war in the Middle East, as soon as Dear Leader does it, they come up with excuses. At this point, you have to wonder: do they have preferences on which types of boots taste better? Are Timberlands the modern go-to, or do they long for the taste of a good Marschstiefel?

Yeah, Trump really seems to have found a final solution for the border question, huh?

“I’m over the Constitution. If other people behave badly, why should I have any standards for myself?”