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Republicans just passed “the worst bill in modern American history” (www.motherjones.com)

submitted 3 days ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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It takes from the poorest and gives to the richest—among other things.

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[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 109 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

And they didn't even really try to hide it - the tax cuts for the top 1% are pretty much exactly equal to the Medicaid cuts.

So millions of Americans are losing their healthcare so that a few thousand can afford bigger yachts and more mansions, and not just in a sort of roundabout sense, but in an officially mandated transfer directly from the poor to the rich.

If the world was just, every single Congressperson who voted in favor of this bill would face criminal charges for every single avoidable death that it will cause.

[–] MumboJumbo@lemmy.world 54 points 3 days ago

If the world was just:

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