OBBB

Driving back from a barn in Hillsborough, NC today. A bunch of screaming, idiotic White boomers regarding ICE and the BBB. Signs were nothing but lies. One idiot walked up to my truck screaming and shaking her sign while I was at the red light. I told her, you touch my truck again, and I let my pup loose on your sorry ass. The audacity and anger of these folks is immeasurable.
 
I've got a candid shot of one of the liberal congressman's reaction to the bill passage:

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The Spin Meister said:
Something like $200 billion in various agencies. Hoping that some can be cut since none are crossing the border now and at least a million have already self deported.

The guys on the border are probably pretty bored now. Amazing difference a president makes.
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Update: it’s over $300 billion over at least five agencies. I assume the timeline is ten years but is probably front loaded.
 
bdroc said:
This is also ridiculous. Democrats lie about the BBB but the fact is they would have renewed all tax cuts except for the rich if this bill didn't pass. There's no way they would have allowed tax increases on 95% of taxpayers.
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They would not have voted to lower taxes again until they were back in power - they have no incentive to do so.
 
As predicted............. The histrionics have begun.

Big, Beautiful: Dem Lies Come In Fast and Furious​


https://www.americanthinker.com/art...utiful_dem_lies_come_in_fast_and_furious.html

There are currently no requirements for Medicaid enrollment. As Bill O’Reilly says, this fact lets many people “game the system.” It also opens the door for the Democrats to spread their lies.

Democrats maintain that millions of people will be kicked off the Medicaid rolls. That’s technically true. What the Democrats won’t tell anyone is that the $1.1-trillion cuts in the Medicaid budget are aimed at the 11.8 million people who are

1.) able-bodied yet refuse to work (or refuse to look for work or refuse to accept a job handed to them)
2.) illegal aliens who are not eligible for Medicaid
3.) people who don’t belong in the Medicaid system according to existing laws

So what should Trump and Republicans now do? Get the above facts out.
 

We’re All Going to Die From the Big Beautiful Bill!​


LOL..... Reminds me of @NJPSU telling us the millions would have to go to soup kitchens if additional unemployment benefits from the ARRA were ended..... NJ has about as good a track record as @lafayettebear.


https://committeetounleashprosperity.com/hotlines/were-all-going-to-die-from-the-big-beautiful-bill/

Leftists and the media are ramping up their attacks on the Trump tax cut bill with claims that, as House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries put it last week: “People will literally die” from the GOP work requirements. The liberal Center for American Progress claims deaths will number in the “tens of thousands of Americans each year.” And they add: “These estimates are not hysterical.”

One liberal group estimates 36 million Americans will be at risk of losing health benefits.

We’re having deja vu.

They said the same thing 30 years ago when Bill Clinton and a Republican Congress instituted work for welfare requirements. Frank Lautenberg from New Jersey predicted “hungry and homeless children” would be “begging for money, begging for food” as in the streets of Calcutta.

Democrats in the House said Republicans would “have blood on their hands.”

Guess what? Poverty didn’t rise. Hunger didn’t rise. The overall child poverty rate fell to its lowest level in decades.

Then this happened:
 

Why Trump’s Bill Might Not Be the Elixir Dems Imagined​


Elixir... lol... Dems are selling snake oil.

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/why-tr...ill-elixir-democrats-imagined-optimism-fading

Driving the change in mood are two factors. The first is how the bill itself is structured. The most politically toxic policy changes, like the cuts to Medicaid, won’t be fully implemented until after the midterm elections, while the more popular elements—such as $1,000 investment accounts for newborn children—will go into effect immediately. Some Democrats are concerned that their posture could alienate those parents aided by the new accounts.

“It’s a very clever bill. And I really worry about voters ultimately concluding, ‘Well, Democrats cry wolf again,’” said Celinda Lake, a top Democratic pollster.

Democratic officials are also concerned that the party has failed to present its own policy alternative. They worry that it’s not enough for Democrats to say, ‘We’re not Trump’—or, in this case, ‘We will undo the damage Trump did’—and expect that voters will instinctively reward them for that. In their greatest moments of despair, they wonder if the party may fumble the midterms because of a misreading of this moment.

“You can’t beat something with nothing,” warned Lake. “It’s not a foregone conclusion at all that we will win back the House. These seats are very difficult.”
 

Trump’s OBBB Success Is Even Bigger Than It Appears​


https://www.realclearpolitics.com/a...ss_is_even_bigger_than_it_appears_153020.html

President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill success is best measured by the two previous administration’s failures. In his first term, Trump failed to repeal and replace Obamacare. In his only term, President Biden struggled for a year and a half to pass a vastly whittled-down version of his proposed domestic spending agenda. In contrast to both, Trump has just passed his agenda largely intact in less than six months.

In 2017, in an attempt to deliver on his campaign promise to end Obamacare, President Trump and congressional Republicans took numerous runs at repealing and replacing ACA. Ultimately, the effort failed, finally ending at year’s end when even the so-called “skinny bill” went down in the Senate.

In 2021, seeking to leverage the COVID pandemic, President Biden proposed his multi-trillion-dollar Build Back Better agenda. When it bogged down, Biden’s proposal was scaled back, the name changed. The House finally passed a plan late in November 2021, only to see it grind to a halt in the Senate. Ultimately, Biden would wind up with a renamed and reduced Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022; it was a pyrrhic victory at best.

All three attempts at agenda-fulfilling legislation were attempted with the president’s party holding narrow congressional majorities. In 2017, Republicans held a 241-194 majority in the House and a 51-49 edge in the Senate. In 2021, Democrats held a 10-seat House majority and a Senate majority only by virtue of VP Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote. In 2025, Republicans held a 220-215 House majority after November’s election and 53-47 majority in the Senate.

Yet despite his party’s narrow congressional majorities, Trump was able to secure in just months a huge win, one that included many of his biggest campaign promises.
 

The 'Big Beautiful Bill' Expands Health Savings in a Rare Policy Win​


https://reason.com/2025/07/10/the-big-beautiful-bill-expands-health-savings-in-a-rare-policy-win/

In a Congress addicted to bad ideas and bloated spending—something we saw again last week—it's rare to find a tax policy with broad, bipartisan support that also happens to be good policy. Health Savings Accounts (HSA) are one of those rare gems. They promote individual responsibility, reduce health care costs, and enjoy overwhelming support from voters across the political spectrum.

The good news is that for all its flaws, the "Big Beautiful Bill" that was just signed by the president includes several expansions to the program.

In a perfect world, we wouldn't need tax-protected health care savings accounts. The tax code wouldn't punish saving in the first place. Income would only be taxed once and not a second time after we save it and it generates returns. Families could set aside money for future expenses without being hit with additional penalties.

But that's not the tax system we have. The double taxation of saving discourages people from preparing for medical and other costs.
 
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