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Miles Archer

(23,617 posts)
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 02:06 PM 6 hrs ago

Elizabeth Warren: "Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?"

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
WARREN: I want to understand how slashing healthcare for families so Meta gets a $3b tax cut is a 'really good outcome for the American public'

IRS CEO BISIGNANO: I don't see the two as correlated

W: Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?

WARREN: I want to understand how slashing healthcare for families so Meta gets a b tax cut is a 'really good outcome for the American public'

IRS CEO BISIGNANO: I don't see the two as correlated

W: Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-15T16:00:09.416Z
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Elizabeth Warren: "Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?" (Original Post) Miles Archer 6 hrs ago OP
The GOP knows exactly what they are doing. Irish_Dem 6 hrs ago #1
Eventually the national debt will be crippling Johonny 6 hrs ago #4
The PutinGOP wants the debt to be crippling. Irish_Dem 6 hrs ago #5
It's Vulture Capitalism at the federal level Seinan Sensei 4 hrs ago #12
$39T and climbing, the vast majority of it due to Rethuglican tax cuts for billionaires. OMGWTF 4 hrs ago #10
They don't want one penny to go to the people. Irish_Dem 3 hrs ago #13
I believe it was Newt Gingrich who said Dr. T 4 hrs ago #11
It was Grover Norquist. Irish_Dem 3 hrs ago #14
The rich, exploiting the poor and the middle class Dr. T 2 hrs ago #15
Yes devils walk among us. Not so disguised any longer, out in plain sight. Irish_Dem 2 hrs ago #17
Another one of tRump's "Only the Best!" MyOwnPeace 6 hrs ago #2
And the government is spending 2 trillion more Johonny 6 hrs ago #3
You tell them, Elizabeth! SergeStorms 5 hrs ago #6
Q: How do you know Frank Bisignano is gaslighting you? yellow dahlia 5 hrs ago #7
That guy is so obnoxious and annoying!!! liberalla 5 hrs ago #8
How does that make him different from all the rest of them? MLWR 5 hrs ago #9
Trump's entire staff proceed as sociopaths in every conceivable policy. Passages 2 hrs ago #16

Johonny

(26,320 posts)
4. Eventually the national debt will be crippling
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 02:36 PM
6 hrs ago

Just as the GOP complained about for years, but it will have been created mostly due to themselves... when will fiscal conservatives finally wake up about the GOP? Never I assume because fiscal conservatives are fake as shit.

Irish_Dem

(81,714 posts)
5. The PutinGOP wants the debt to be crippling.
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 02:38 PM
6 hrs ago

They do this all the time.

They rob the country blind, run up the debt, and then cut all services.

Dems get back in power and fill up the piggy bank again.

Rinse, repeat.

OMGWTF

(5,166 posts)
10. $39T and climbing, the vast majority of it due to Rethuglican tax cuts for billionaires.
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 03:47 PM
4 hrs ago

They. Want. Us. Dead.

Irish_Dem

(81,714 posts)
13. They don't want one penny to go to the people.
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 05:15 PM
3 hrs ago

We are all useless eaters taking up space.
They don't want or need us.

Dr. T

(656 posts)
11. I believe it was Newt Gingrich who said
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 04:02 PM
4 hrs ago

he wanted the U. S. government to be so small that you could drown it in a bathtub.

I interpreted that to mean he wanted to cut every social program that helped the middle class and the poor so that the rich didn't have to pay taxes. But, defense spending was okay. He didn't want the government to provide services to help Americans with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Getting back to the deficit, I think of it this way. If I'm heavily in debt, I find a way to increase my income. Today's conservatives spend and spend and spend while decreasing the government's income.

Irish_Dem

(81,714 posts)
14. It was Grover Norquist.
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 05:19 PM
3 hrs ago
"I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub".

Yes the GOP goal is to get rid of all essential public services, such as education, infrastructure, and social safety nets, medicare, social security.

Yes the rich don't want to pay taxes. They believe all money belongs to them.
And they don't need or want us. We serve no purpose in their lives.

Dr. T

(656 posts)
15. The rich, exploiting the poor and the middle class
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 05:55 PM
2 hrs ago

to create the modern equivalent of slave labor.

Grover Norquist. There's a special place in hell awaiting his arrival.

Thanks for the clarification, Irish Dem. Pint 'o Guinness for that.

Irish_Dem

(81,714 posts)
17. Yes devils walk among us. Not so disguised any longer, out in plain sight.
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 06:01 PM
2 hrs ago

The rich are inventing AI and robots.

They don't even need human slave labor any more.
So they are getting rid of healthcare, vaccines, food banks, etc.

Merci for the pint.

MyOwnPeace

(17,588 posts)
2. Another one of tRump's "Only the Best!"
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 02:22 PM
6 hrs ago

He and his wife have donated over ONE MILLION DOLLARS to tRump’s campaigns.

Johonny

(26,320 posts)
3. And the government is spending 2 trillion more
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 02:34 PM
6 hrs ago

That is takes in. How is massive deficit spending suppose to make me happy.

More to the point inflation is up, and tax cuts can be inflationary...

yellow dahlia

(6,122 posts)
7. Q: How do you know Frank Bisignano is gaslighting you?
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 02:44 PM
5 hrs ago

Answer: His lips are moving.

And btw, he is always obnoxious to listen to, because he is a thug and talks like one. But did he seem a little inebriated to anyone else?

Passages

(4,243 posts)
16. Trump's entire staff proceed as sociopaths in every conceivable policy.
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 05:58 PM
2 hrs ago

What's in it for me?

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