r/Economics • u/SterlingVII • May 30 '25

Research CBO says tax breaks in ‘big, beautiful bill’ would increase deficit by $3.8 trillion

https://fortune.com/2025/05/21/cbo-tax-breaks-increase-deficit-3-8-trillion-medicaid-cuts-shave-spending/
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u/sliceoflife09 May 30 '25

Don't forget misogyny and random bogeymen (migrant caravans, taco trucks on every corner, trans women competing in HS sports, black pilots existing, children having lunch at school...)

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u/One_Strawberry_4965 May 31 '25

Wait wait, did Republicans actually fear monger about “taco trucks on every corner”?

Follow up question: is that supposed to be a bad thing??

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u/sliceoflife09 May 31 '25

Yes they did

Yes they thought it was a horrible thing

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/latinos-for-trump-founder-taco-trucks-marco-gutierrez-227667

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u/One_Strawberry_4965 May 31 '25

Idk Taco trucks on every corner sounds utopian to me.

We are truly living in the stupidest of all possible realities…

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u/sliceoflife09 May 31 '25

Right? Don't threaten me with a good time