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by tzs 99 days ago
That got remove in Trump's first term.
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US voter math: remove penalties/taxes + increase benefits = everything is fine

Thus solving the problem.

The penalties were extremely unpopular and affected poor people the most.

I know the economic idea, but it is not a good mechanism for society.

The expanded Medicaid was supposed to take care of poor people, but several states refused to implement that.