mattcalkins.bsky.social
👤 Joined on 18 November 2023
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@mattcalkins.bsky.socialIn plain English: Republicans in Congress plot more severe budget cuts to health care, nursing homes, and school lunches to pay for tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk. It sounds absurd, but it’s true.
Show Post✅ Free school meals ✅ Paid leave ✅ Nation-leading Child Tax Credit ✅ Historic housing investments We’re lowering costs for middle class families, which is why we were just ranked the second-best state to raise a family.
Show PostIt’s alarming that Elon Musk has access to government payment systems used to deliver Social Security and Medicare benefits. He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt. Congress must investigate.
Show PostTrump’s tariffs are a tax increase for Minnesota families, plain and simple. While Trump raises prices, I’m proposing the first sales tax rate cut in our state’s history to help Minnesotans weather the storm.
Show PostI’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period. I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt. But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
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