[Buttons840]

Are you saying that extending that Trump tax cuts is not a tax cut, because it's only extending and maintaining the status quo?

Or are you saying the Trump tax cuts never benefited the wealthy at all?

[WalterBright]

> Are you saying that extending that Trump tax cuts is not a tax cut?

Of course. It's disingenuous to claim that not raising taxes is a "cut".

It's the same lie as claiming a reduction in a spending increase is a "budget cut".

There are actual tax cuts in Trump's bill, but they don't apply to the wealthy.

[Buttons840]

Can we agree that the taxes on the wealthy would be higher if the BBB was not passed?

It's not a "cut", it's just that the BBB makes taxes lower for the wealthy than they would have been without the BBB <eyeroll>.

[WalterBright]

The BBB repealed the tax increase, yes. That's not a cut, because the increase didn't happen.

[Buttons840]

So we agree that Republicans did things that resulted in the rich paying less taxes than they would have otherwise.

[ac29]

They cut taxes for the years 2026 and later. The TCJA tax cuts expire this year.