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IronLionZion

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7. Just wait until the tax cuts trickle down

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 07:19 AM

May 1

just keep waiting while GOP gives out more tax cuts, starts more expensive wars, and then kindly offers to cut more healthcare and education benefits to balance it out.

Billionaires will trickle it down eventually when they get tired of being billionaires.

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