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Tina Smith
@smith.senate.gov

Tax cuts for billionaires won’t boost wages. Tax cuts for billionaires won’t make housing cheaper. Tax cuts for billionaires won’t make health care cheaper. Tax cuts for billionaires won’t make groceries cheaper. Tax cuts for billionaires will not help us or our families.

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dragonflyfarm.bsky.social
@dragonflyfarm.bsky.social

They know all that. They don't care. They just need to fool the gullible just long enough to get into power, and once there, gerrymander and voter suppress to stay there. Then they can and will do exactly what they want, which is cut taxes for billionaires. QED.

Nana Em
@greybo62.bsky.social

Tax cuts for billionaires will only make rich people richer and the rest of us with far less. Those living on the margins will simply be left homeless and hungry! Inflation will rise! Eggs will be unaffordable when they’re available. Shank’s mare will be your means of transportation!

Monax
@monax.bsky.social

These things are all true, but Trump, Musk, and the GOP aren't actually concerned about wages, housing, heath care, grocery prices, or ANY OF US. We need you, Senator, to stop playing nice and pretending that helping the Republicans dismantle the republic will somehow be a good thing. PLEASE!

Nick Jackson
@nickjjackson.bsky.social

No longer playing nice should include letting Americans know the percentages the middle and upper middle class pay in federal taxes. Then demand any tax cuts include this percentage going to the middle class and upper middle class. People need to know how they are paying for the wealthy.

2062 Overture
@2062-overture.bsky.social

To be honest, I'm sick of this posturing that you and Amy are doing. Gabbard gets confirmed today, and you guys couldn't block a UC to slow things down?!?! You and your colleagues don't get it. THIS IS A COUP! And yet you act like it's business as usual! Step down or step up! No more BS!

Bernie
@bernieusa.bsky.social

Everyone knows that tax cuts that primarily go to billionaires further expands wealth disparity. It is less for the rest of us. In particular, less for your children as he explodes the deficit. In the heyday of the US (1950s) we actually taxed the wealthy with a top marginal rate of 91%.

Sko Hayes
@skohayes.bsky.social

Senator, I heard you were retiring at the end of your term, and I just wanted to say thank you for all you have done to fight for your constituents and the people of the US. Unlike the current administration and majority.

Simianinsights
@simianinsight.bsky.social

That's Trickle Down Theory. It's been proven time & again it does not work. It's a perennial scam on the taxpayers. But it succeeded to create an untouchable billionaire class. They are now hijacking the government to extract all assets.

Gene Wood
@honesttalkgene.bsky.social

I’m a Minnesota resident .. I implore you to fight like hell, like you have never fought before! Forget protocols and being Minnesota nice .. your constituents are scared to death ! We are fighting with small knives, they are fighting with big machine guns

Tina Smith
@smith.senate.gov

If Republicans think pursuing an agenda that’s solely focused on Wall Street and big corporations is going to do anything to help make life affordable, they need a reality check that I am happy to provide.

Tacobell63
@tacobell63.bsky.social

Your constituents want to see Dems fighting back via all procedural tools available to disrupt Senate biz as much as possible. That’s not happening. Why not? Here’s what @rbreich.bsky.social advocates Sen Dems do: Plz do it! No unanimous consent. Demand quorum calls. Show decisive leadership.

christa
@everybodyistheguru.bsky.social

THIS ACTION: Elected Dems should offer simulcast daily briefings and simulcast weekly town halls to build and organize a collective opposition party of elected Dems and American citizens. This would alleviate the despair, heighten engagement, and empower the masses. We can not wait any longer.

GoldenTree
@goldentreebe.bsky.social

#gopshutdown #taxhike #taxscam #debtceiling #resist #kakistocracy #taxhavens #stopPutin #entrenchedpoverty #racism #sexism #project2025isDangerous www.propublica.org/article/nati...

propublica.orgDonald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for YearsThe “King of Debt” promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge. Add in the pandemic, and he oversaw the third-biggest deficit increase of any president.