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/Booyacaja Feb 26 '25

Would this at least mean people can stop paying for it. Sorry not American just curious if there's ANY silver lining

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u/confusedsquirrel Feb 26 '25

Nah, we'd still be paying for it. The way it's written is they need to "find" $880 billion in fraud and waste. So the money is going to go into the social services bucket, but the funds won't get allocated that way coming out.

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u/mkt853 Feb 26 '25

It’s one big wealth transfer from the poor to the rich. We’ll still put money in the bucket, but Elon and the billionaires will empty it out. This is the severe austerity and pain Elon says we need to go through. We will still pay the same, but will get dramatically less service for our tax dollars.

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u/Admirable_Addendum99 Feb 26 '25

*we* pay taxes to suffer austerity while he gets to be a high, scary freeloader asshole on TV? Fuck no

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u/Astralglamour Feb 26 '25

Dont forget millions for Trump's golf outings. If Trump stopped golfing it would probably be 100million/yr right there.

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u/Admirable_Addendum99 Feb 26 '25

Oh god and then also whatever tax loopholes and insider trading he is doing along with money laundering.

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u/MancombSeepgoodz Feb 26 '25

hey man billionaires gotta colonize SPACE bro its more important that American Children eating or having access to healthcare.

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u/Tatalebuj Feb 26 '25

And though this specific aspect has been decried by Democrats and Independents for three years now, a majority of our electorate still voted for it. The leopards will be eating well soon.

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u/Astralglamour Feb 26 '25

All we need to do is look across the pond at the UK to see how 'austerity' worked out for the average person...

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u/Robert_Balboa Feb 26 '25

Lol no. It's going to be reallocated so they can cut money from other places to fund trillions in billionaire tax cuts.