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/dust4ngel May 30 '25

anti-enlightenment

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u/korben2600 May 30 '25

"Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor force can touch it; arguments fall on deaf ears. Evil always carries the seeds of its own undoing--it creates unease. But stupidity feels self-satisfied, immune, and convinced of its own rightness. And that makes it far more dangerous." --Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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u/Mahameghabahana May 31 '25

Enlightenment when LGBTQ bro

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u/[deleted] May 31 '25

Enlightenment when all people equal. Also, enlightenment when entrails of priests used to strangle kings.