Posted on 07/02/2025 10:31:57 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Sometimes I wonder if anyone with an IQ above room temperature has been guiding the leadership of the Democrat party.
Case in point: Last night’s vote on Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill (BBB), a massive tax and spend bill that includes a number of important tax cuts that will benefit blue collar workers – including those who depend on tips – as well as seniors living on limited and fixed means.
While the bill passed thanks to the almost monolithic support by the thin Republican majority, the Democrats unanimously opposed it – in essence, turning their backs on their most important core constituents: Blacks, blue collar workers and seniors.
They did this in the House back in the Spring, and they did it again last night.
Fortunately for their former key constituencies, the Democrats’ opposition to this bill failed to stop it from passing in its current form.
However, the fight isn’t over. The Senate bill is far different from the House bill, and finding common ground could see the coalition in support of this legislation fail. Should that happen, Trump and his allies would be wise to offer the tax cuts for seniors and tip-dependent blue collar workers as a stand-alone bill. It needs to be passed.
Why is this a betrayal? It’s simple. The BBB contains provisions exempting tips from being taxed by the IRS – great for millions of blue collar workers who depend on tips, along with their families – as well as for exempting seniors from income tax on their Social Security and other income. For those struggling on a fixed income, this is like manna from heaven – a gift beyond price.
Bottom line: If their opposition to this bill isn’t a betrayal of the Democrats’ traditionally most important constituencies, I’m not sure what...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Every time the democrats claim they only want to tax the rich, what they mean is ANYONE WITH A JOB!
To Democrats, rich means anyone who natively speaks English.
One thing about the Republicans dropping income tax on SS: it'll require very short memories for voters in the future to be tricked into thinking that Republicans are pushing granmda over the cliff or getting rid of SS, etc. The Republicans just increased SS checks by lowering taxes on SS -- at the Dims' strong objection.
You would like to think that once it became obvious that the VP would cast the deciding vote in the Senate that a few of the dems would change their no vote to “yes”! Many of them up for reelection will rue the day they failed to back blue collar workers.
I don’t believe this for a minute. Most Democrats are just not that attractive.
To Democrats ‘’rich’’ is anyone with a job.
Good one!
I just wish the proposed new senior tax break didn’t phase out in 2028.
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Exactly, it should be eliminated by Congress not the calendar.
By opposing the BBB, the Dems are giving the GOP plenty of ammunition for the 2026 mid-terms. Every Democrat running again next year can truthfully be said to have voted against middle class working people. Nail ‘em to the wall with it.
Excellent perspective as usual from American Thinker.
the tax cuts expire in 2028 because the R’s want to force the D’s to vote against them again just before the 2028 election campaign
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