Some good-faith answers in the replies, mixed in with standard, silly "taxation is theft" nonsense.

.@RepGregLandsman: The cruelest thing I think this administration and congressional Republicans did was last year, when they spent $4.5 trillion, mostly on tax cuts for the super wealthy — and to pay for it, cut health care for at least 15 million Americans.

The problem is that we have tons of evidence that rich people actually don't leave because of higher *income* taxes. We even have recent examples like the MA millionaire tax. So the question is why is a wealth tax different? It could be, but I'd like to hear the argument why.

It should haunt Republicans. It was ghoulish policy to cut Medicaid and give tax breaks to rich people. The public was clearly opposed to such a cartoonishly bad law and yet Republicans enacted it anyway.

A POLITICO poll found that an overwhelming majority of voters are aware of the OBBB and OPPOSE its contents The GOP’s attempts to rebrand the package have done little to win over the electorate Polling and ad spending suggest Democrats’ health message appears to be resonating

Obviously there was a ton that people were frustrated with during the Biden years but it's just an uncontroversial fact that real wages were climbing into the Trump presidency and then in March and April of 2025 they stopped climbing. agglomerations.eig.org/p/the…

We're seeing corporate profits hit all time highs, while corporate tax revenue drops thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. nytimes.com/2026/10/17/busin…

Once again, this cursed website warps people’s perspectives. Both Social Security and Medicare have like 85%+ support among the American people.

"This is why we have government, so you don’t have to ask a private actor to do the right thing when it puts him at a disadvantage. You set a floor that everybody has to follow." - @PeteButtigieg on AI

Republicans have passed just one major defining piece of legislation in the past two years. Yet, not one Republican wants to utter its name during the midterm campaigns. Why? Because it was such a failure. The bill was the "One Big Beautiful Bill". It cut over $130 billion in Medicaid funding for rural areas. Rural hospitals are struggling so much that they're shutting down. It caused millions of Americans to lose their healthcare. Medical debt and illnesses are leading causes of bankruptcy in the US. It kicked over 1 million hungry children off of food assistance. It did all of this to shift a greater burden onto the poorest Americans while giving huge tax breaks to the wealthiest. The top 1% now hold as much wealth as the bottom 90%. It is exploding the deficit. The deficit was $2 trillion this year, and the OBBB will add trillions more to the deficit in the coming years. So instead of calling it the OBBB, they're calling it the "Working Family Tax Cuts" to make it sound like a good thing. Those tax cuts for working families are small. The average tax refund increased by $350. But the average household paid $1,500 in tariffs last year. You weren't taxed less. You were taxed more. The no-tax-on-tips and overtime weren't as advertised and expire in December 2028. The corporate and billionaire tax breaks are permanent. That shows who Republicans are really working for. Why would anyone want two more years of that?

At a time when our healthcare system is broken, Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill": -Took healthcare away from 15 million people -Put nearly 500 rural hospitals at risk of closure -Shut down maternity wards across the country All to give $1 trillion in tax breaks to the 1%.

Republicans are eager to campaign on Trump's big "beautiful" 2025 bill But these headlines on the front pages in battleground Ohio aren't helping the cause .....

Q: Were Medicare and Medicaid mistakes? Vivek Ramaswamy: I believe they were. I think the evidence would show that it has harmed the very people that it was created to actually help

Most Americans see Trump’s economic policies as hurting the economy. Republicans are divided over the impact of Trump’s economic policies: 39% say Trump’s policies have made economic conditions better – down from 57% in January

Our Executive Director @KristenCrowell1 laid it out plainly: People expect “basic s**t” from their government – public goods and services that help them get by. Yet because Washington has been bought and paid for by the billionaire class, those basic supports are being ripped away. Send them a message November 3rd.

The White House says SNAP beneficiaries are defrauding the food stamp program, but Americans on food assistance are more often the victims of fraud, as criminal groups empty accounts to purchase and sell goods for a profit. propublica.org/article/food-…

"Republicans once thought tax cuts would save the midterms. But with less than three weeks until Election Day those hopes seem to be coming up short: New results from the POLITICO Poll show the sweeping tax & domestic policy package [...] are not resonating with voters."

When Republicans passed their mega tax-cut bill, they timed ~$1 trillion in health care cuts to kick in after the midterms. Nebraska decided to launch early, implementing some cuts in July. Now, the Senate and Gov races in NE are closer than expected. washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…

Elon Musk, who has major business interests in Texas, appeared to funnel $158 million to back Ken Paxton’s Senate bid. nyti.ms/4egE3sp

More than five million people have lost SNAP benefits since the Big, Ugly Law passed. Food banks are reporting a 20% increase in pantry visits. Some SNAP recipients are now receiving as little as $17 a month. In Central and Southern Illinois, we’ve already seen what happens when families lose access to food assistance — demand at local pantries goes up, community organizations are stretched thin, and people who work hard and play by the rules still can’t put food on the table. pbs.org/newshour/show/cuts-t…