The tax on tips reprieve is a 3 year deal expiring in 2028. We will not forget the rest of this mess, and we will note vote for anyone who pushes it down our throats.
As usual you try to keep your comments and analysis pretty well balanced but I can find many experts who I trust that disagree with you – especially on the matter of Medicaid provisions. And you took some cheap shots at J. D. Vance that I think were almost Susan-like uncalled for.
The effect of budget legislation on the economy is complicated and nearly all who speculate on it are wrong. In this case, there was far more “horse trading” than usual. The primary complication was blue state Republicans who wanted to assure reelection by greatly increasing the SALT deductions. That would gift the blue states millions of more tax dollars to fight Trump’s policies including his war against sanctuary local governments and deportations. Debt hawk Republicans were next on the list. Amazingly, the Senate parliamentarian overruled some of the avenues of reasonable compromise. Most compromises suck. This one more so.
Wishful thinking I know, but surely the Congress can pass and abide by legislation that governs the budget process and requires a few essential budget priorities be addressed and settled before arguing over the leftovers.
A little off subject but if Trump could step up his deportation efforts, health care might be more available to those who have trouble affording it. Legal immigrants are expected to be self-sufficient. Our public facilities are overloaded by illegals. There is talk of building a Spanish language high school in Dalton GA. Good grief. Speaking from personal experience in northeast Georgia, when Obama (who deported hundreds of thousands) was President, weekend visits to the emergency room with my mother, my brother and my wife turned into six-hour ordeals. The waiting rooms were filled up with Spanish speaking families with three or four elementary school or younger kids.
The tax on tips reprieve is a 3 year deal expiring in 2028. We will not forget the rest of this mess, and we will note vote for anyone who pushes it down our throats.
As usual you try to keep your comments and analysis pretty well balanced but I can find many experts who I trust that disagree with you – especially on the matter of Medicaid provisions. And you took some cheap shots at J. D. Vance that I think were almost Susan-like uncalled for.
The effect of budget legislation on the economy is complicated and nearly all who speculate on it are wrong. In this case, there was far more “horse trading” than usual. The primary complication was blue state Republicans who wanted to assure reelection by greatly increasing the SALT deductions. That would gift the blue states millions of more tax dollars to fight Trump’s policies including his war against sanctuary local governments and deportations. Debt hawk Republicans were next on the list. Amazingly, the Senate parliamentarian overruled some of the avenues of reasonable compromise. Most compromises suck. This one more so.
Wishful thinking I know, but surely the Congress can pass and abide by legislation that governs the budget process and requires a few essential budget priorities be addressed and settled before arguing over the leftovers.
A little off subject but if Trump could step up his deportation efforts, health care might be more available to those who have trouble affording it. Legal immigrants are expected to be self-sufficient. Our public facilities are overloaded by illegals. There is talk of building a Spanish language high school in Dalton GA. Good grief. Speaking from personal experience in northeast Georgia, when Obama (who deported hundreds of thousands) was President, weekend visits to the emergency room with my mother, my brother and my wife turned into six-hour ordeals. The waiting rooms were filled up with Spanish speaking families with three or four elementary school or younger kids.