
Originally Posted by
JaneV2.0
"When a president decides he can increase the deficit by as much as a trillion dollars on the most tenuous of legal justifications, I think it’s fairly easy to distinguish the filthy from the merely dirty."
I have no idea what you're talking about. President Biden's plan ostensibly reduces the deficit by taxing those who currently skate.
From Whitehouse.gov:
The United States is in a stronger economic position than any other major advanced economy in the world. At the same time, inflation is too high and is putting a strain on working families. The President’s top economic priority is tackling inflation and reducing costs for American families – so we can sustain this historic economic recovery in a way that benefits all Americans.
President Biden has a plan to tackle inflation – by lowering costs that families face and lowering the federal deficit by asking the large corporations and the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share. Congressional Republicans, led by Senator Rick Scott, have called for a new minimum tax on the middle class – firefighters and teachers – that would mean an average of almost $1,500 less in families’ pockets each year. And, while part of President Biden’s plan to lower costs is to strengthen Medicare by giving it the power to negotiate prescription drug prices, the Congressional Republican plan would put Medicare – in addition to Social Security, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act and other critical programs for American families – on the chopping block every five years.
What am I missing?