• The BBB Isn't Coming Along Very Well

    From c186282@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 1 01:03:30 2025
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    At least one Senator has said he's just quitting
    his job after all the major political BS - both
    sides - surrounding the bill. A number of Republicans
    are still opposed because it's not as fiscally
    conservative as they want, others because it hurts
    certain useful programs like Medicaid. Dems won't
    vote for it "just because".

    Rand Paul hates *everything* ... but that gives his
    little clique massive political leverage.

    And it still has to be sent back to Congress.

    The BBB is a weird mix - alas increases the national
    debt considerably, expands funding in some areas.

    Trump says that it's a cornerstone - and that his
    trade manipulations will make up the money many
    times over.

    So is it the Big Beautiful Bill - or just the Big
    BIG Bill ? Kind of depends on perspective. Sorry,
    no pat answers here, it's WAY to complicated.

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jul 1 13:21:26 2025
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    c186282 <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    At least one Senator has said he's just quitting
    his job after all the major political BS - both
    sides - surrounding the bill. A number of Republicans
    are still opposed because it's not as fiscally
    conservative as they want, others because it hurts
    certain useful programs like Medicaid. Dems won't
    vote for it "just because".

    Rand Paul hates *everything* ... but that gives his
    little clique massive political leverage.

    And it still has to be sent back to Congress.

    The BBB is a weird mix - alas increases the national
    debt considerably, expands funding in some areas.

    Trump says that it's a cornerstone - and that his
    trade manipulations will make up the money many
    times over.

    So is it the Big Beautiful Bill - or just the Big
    BIG Bill ? Kind of depends on perspective. Sorry,
    no pat answers here, it's WAY to complicated.



    Borrow lots of money, spend big, let your
    kids pay the bill.

    But hey, as long as Trump isn't president
    when it blows up then it doesn't matter.





    Trump shrugs off future debt crisis: "I won't be here"
    December 05, 2018

    President Trump is dismissing the importance
    of paying down the national debt, saying he
    won't be in office to take blame for the
    nation's fiscal crisis when it becomes even
    more unsustainable, according to a report
    Wednesday.

    The national debt sits at $21 trillion and
    counting. As a candidate, when the national
    debt was $19 trillion, Trump promised to
    erase the entire debt "over a period of eight
    years."

    Trump said the data showed the national debt
    would only become untenable after he left
    office, the Daily Beast reported.

    "Yeah, but I won't be here, Trump said.

    https://tinyurl.com/y7deln2b

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