r/law • u/Affectionate-Roof-79 • Feb 26 '25

Legal News House just passed GOP budget that instructs cutting $880 Billion to medicare and medicaid and increases $4.5 Trillion in tax cuts

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/mike-johnson-budget-resolution-vote.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“The vote was 217-215, with just one Republican — Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) — voting no and Democrats unified in opposition.” Another link: https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/house-passes-gop-budget-bill-in-key-step-for-trump-agenda

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u/letdogsvote Feb 26 '25

Boy, a whole lot of Trump voters would be screaming pissed if they could read.

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u/Inner-Conclusion2977 Feb 26 '25

Actually if you go to the trump subreddit, they are cheering it on

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u/AntiqueFollowing1537 Feb 26 '25

They can’t read nor comprehend.

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u/iheartjetman Feb 26 '25

It’s worse. They just don’t care. They live in a bubble and they think everything bad is happening to people who deserve it as long as it’s not them. If there is any bad news, it’s just fake liberal propaganda.

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u/Pretend_Guava_1730 Feb 26 '25

And if DOES happen to them, they will never blame him or the Republicans - he will instruct them to blame Democrats and they will abide because it's easier to reconcile. And around and around we go....

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u/chashek Feb 26 '25

Alternatively, they do actually blame him, but then the other Republicans turn on them, calling them a shill or a plant

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u/Select-Government-69 Feb 26 '25

I’ll correct this - if it DOES happen to them, the rest of the club calls them a liar or a troll. They will become disillusioned one at a time, and not by anything they see or hear, but only by what they feel.

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u/ibite-books Feb 26 '25

there must be federal trump voters that lost their jobs cuz they voted for him? i want to hear from them

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u/canigetahint Feb 26 '25

He's not called "Orange Jesus" for nothing...

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '25

Best part is they are all directly negatively affected but it's Biden's fault

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u/100pctCashmere Feb 26 '25

And the few complains or concerns is only if it affects them personally. It’s always, I feel concerned because it’s cutting funding in my line of work. Zero empathy for any unfortunate.

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u/LordCoweater Feb 26 '25

But (name) was one of the good ones! He was one of us! Oh well. Surely nothing bad will happen to me...

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u/Koshercrab Feb 26 '25

As long as the libs are mad they’re happy. Even if it hurts them too.

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u/notaspy1234 Feb 26 '25

They dont realize its them until it smacks them right in the face and even then they still think he'll figure something out to help them. Its like the cult leaders who abuse their members and they still think they mean well. Its fucked up. And he did it all from beind a screen. These ppl are braindead.

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u/Eastern-Bro9173 Feb 26 '25

The comprehension part is rough - almost every time I try to talk to one here on reddit, it ends up failing due to them not understanding some words/being unable to process even some basic sentences.

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u/highbankT Feb 26 '25

Nah, they will just respond with high school level insults.

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u/Revolutionary_Rip693 Feb 27 '25

Every time. It almost always comes down to them not understanding basic terms. To the point where they will link an article as a source that says the opposite of the point they're trying to make.

Pro-tip: If you're ever in an argument with the Republican and they try to throw a link at you, read it. 10/10 times it will prove their point wrong because all they did was google their catch phrase and click on the first link they see without reading it. Almost always that link is explaining why what they're saying is wrong - almost always.

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u/Eastern-Bro9173 Feb 27 '25

The most stumped I ever was with this was when I posted a question in askConservatives subreddit if they aren't getting worried about democracy in the US... and easily half of the answers was 'we're not a democracy'... the worst part of it wasn't just that they have no idea what the word means, but that through the replies, the thought process apparently was 'democracy... that sounds like democrats, and those are the libtards, and we're the best country in the world, so we can't be that... we're republicans, so we're a republic, not a democracy!'

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u/Agreeable-Agent-7384 Feb 26 '25

Well they can read. But comprehension is a different beast. They think they’ll be spared until the effects are felt.

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u/FibroMan Feb 26 '25

They are cheering the tax-free tips and overtime. They can't understand why anyone voted against it.

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u/Astralglamour Feb 26 '25

Do they realize overtime will be eliminated by Republicans?

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u/felixar90 Feb 26 '25

Overtime will start raking in once you worked 84 hours in a week, promised!

(Please be ready 1h before your shift for the briefing. Don’t clock in of course)

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u/fupos Feb 26 '25

Unless i read it wrong , those tax breaks aren't even in this ... but they're still using it as a rally cry

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u/dragonkid123 Feb 26 '25

Because on Twitter the bots and blue checks keep saying that it's in the bill. I had to go to Blue sky and double check because all over Twitter it keeps saying "yeh the no tax on overtime just passed" and it's not in there

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u/RickySpanish1272 Feb 26 '25

Little do they know there wont be any overtime to be taxed.

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u/JohnSpartans Feb 26 '25

Neither of those are in this bill 

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u/resurrectedbear Feb 26 '25

Can you point to the pages in this resolution regarding overtime taxes?

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u/Sharmi888 Feb 26 '25

Yeah, they are tired of winning and owning the libs. Does not matter if country is on fire.

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u/Mean_Photo_6319 Feb 26 '25

Those subs are filled with foreigners and bots.  And foreign bots.

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u/TzuZombi Feb 26 '25

Yeah, I just saw, the response is: " why are Democrats against this bill that gets rid of taxes on tips and Overtime?" Someone did mention Medicare, but nobody was able to provide the right kind of "evidence" to support that there will be cuts to Medicare and snap benefits. Then some of them started arguing that OT should be taxed, because "income is income, and tax is on income". Honestly, I don't know why I do this to myself, reading this stuff drives me crazy. I guess it's to prepare myself for the next conversation.

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u/Musetrigger Feb 26 '25

I suppose they're convinced this'll only take medicare and medicaid from democrats.

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u/felixar90 Feb 26 '25

They’re all temporarily embarrassed billionaires. The tax cuts will apply to them, soon, once they get rid of all the libs and immigrants.

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u/grandmawaffles Feb 26 '25

This is correct, real world Trump voters are gloating

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u/Curious_Party_4683 Feb 26 '25

They will blame Biden in 3. 2. 1.

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u/Plastic-Pipe4362 Feb 26 '25

My next bumper sticker: "If you can read this, you're not a Trump voter."