Senate Republican Exposes Trump’s Tariffs As Taxes That Will Raise Prices.
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1924131341123113432
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY): “Tariffs are taxes & when you put a tax on a business it’s always passed through as a cost, so there will be higher prices … there’s an economic fallacy here that trade deficits actually mean anything. They are an [sic] artificial accounting. The only trade that means anything is the individual who buys something.”
Trump’s Own Treasury Secretary Admits Tariffs Will Get Passed Onto Consumers.
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1924091231010746787
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “[S]ome [costs] may get passed on to consumers.”
Murphy: Donald Trump Will “Crater The Economy.”
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1924113184509628883
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT): “There’s just no doubt that it was Donald Trump who added more to the deficit than any president in the history of the country, and he is on pace to do it for a second time. It’s gonna crater to [sic] the economy, and it won’t have an impact on his billionaire friends.”
Jayapal: Republican Cuts To Medicaid Mean That People Will Die.
https://x.com/RepJayapal/status/1924084164862636064
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA): “Republican cuts to Medicaid mean that people will die. Families will face enormous medical bills and stop going to the doctor altogether. It’s a betrayal of the American people — and Democrats are fighting it with everything we have.”
Sanders: The GOP Budget Kicking 13.7 Million People Off Their Health Insurance Is A “Death Sentence.”
https://x.com/BernieSanders/status/1923754485874119007
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT): “It’s nonsense…we will be looking at $715 billion in cuts to Medicaid, to the Affordable Care Act. That means that, according to the CBO, over 13 million Americans are going to lose their health insurance. And then on top of that, what the Republicans are proposing is a $35 co-payment for many Medicaid recipients…When you throw 13 million people off of health insurance, when you raise co-payments for poor people, it’s a death sentence.”