Whether he really says whether it is said that Otto von Bismarck is sometimes credited with saying, it is true: “Law is like a sausage. It’s better to make them.”
This is certainly true about the so -called “Big, Beautiful Bill”, which was passed by the House and Senate last week and signed in the law by President Trump on 4 July. Its enactment required to break almost every rule that controls the legislative process. And in its final form, it betrays all the things that stood for the Republican Party, the promises made to middle -class voters in 2024 to say nothing about President Trump’s promise.
Both houses of Congress have rules to prevent such laws. In the general order of business, the bill should be dealt with only one subject; Bills can be voted only after proper committees are thought and approved; Members should be allowed to read and study a bill before voting on it; And, in the Senate, major spending bills require 60 votes to go to the floor. Each of those rules was broken or sidelined to force the “large, beautiful bill” to be passed.
The end result is a huge new law that is a political victory for Trump, but can only be described as the “large, beautiful betrayal” of the middle class-even Sen Josh Hale (R-Mo), who finished voting for the bill, accepted. “We cannot be a working class party if you are removing health care for the working class people,” Hale warns,
And this is exactly the bill. According to the Congress budget office, due to the cut in the bill contained in the bill, 11.8 million Americans Will lose its existing health coverage and lose access to food tickets under other 3.3 million US SNAP program.
Cuts in social programs are necessary, the White House argued, to pay for the expansion of 2017 tax deduction, which was due to expiration at the end of the year. But even those tax deduction is very low to help the middle class. After eight years, we know who has the most benefit from the 2017 tax deduction: the wealthiest of the Americans, the one who will be the most benefiting from its details. According to the tax policy center, 60 percent of bill tax savings The top 20 percent will go to homes and go to those who earn more than one third of $ 460,000 or more. Again, it is good news for West Palm Beach, but it does not do much for families working in Ohio’s Youngstown.
Republican tried to reduce its expansion of tax cuts for very rich people by adding provisions to eliminate taxes on tips and overtime. But there is a big difference. Under the law, the expansion of 2017 tax deduction for the rich is permanent, but freedom from taxes on tips End in 2028Nor will it help all people. The waiter will still have to pay the state and local taxes. And, according to Yale Budget Lab, Waiting staff over a third Do not earn enough money to pay any federal taxes in the first place.
The scores of unrelated provisions included in the 940-Page Bill are scores-increase in budgeting budget; More money for enforcement on the range; Money to renew the Kennedy Center; A fee for citizens who sign up for space launch with a private company; Eradication of fee on procurement of gun silencer, Space shuttle search From Smithsonian to a museum near Houston; Captains in Alaska a specially brake for whalingAnd $ 40 million to create Donald Trump’s pet project, “American heroes garden,
It all comes with a big price tag. The budget office of the non-Pakistani Congress determined that the bill Will add at least $ 3.4 trillion For national loan in the next ten years. The committee puts the family for a responsible federal budget $ 4 trillion or more,
To ensure one thing. After passing this bill, only with GOP votes, Republican cannot now call itself a party of “fiscal conservatism”. As Elon Musk said after vote: “Each member of the Congress launched a campaign to reduce the government’s expenses and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history, he should hang his head in shame.”
In addition to very rich people, people who are the most benefiting from “large, beautiful bills” can be democrats, who are struggling to find a winning message for 2026. Now they have found one: Trump betrayed the middle class Americans who voted for him. If Democrats cannot use the bill to win large in midterms, they are not worth winning.
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