Broken Tax Promises Could Haunt the GOP
in the Midterms, Poll Shows
National Review,
by
Audrey Fahlberg
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
5/30/2025 1:01:15 PM
House Republicans likely dodged a political bullet when they opted against including tax hikes on the wealthy in this year’s reconciliation bill.
Trump promised his voters across-the-board tax cuts while campaigning, but once confronted with the difficult math of paying for his expensive agenda, the president — and some members of the GOP caucus — began to wobble.
So long as Senate Republicans stick with their colleagues in the lower chamber and avoid adding tax hikes to the “big, beautiful” bill, they’ll avoid paying a steep political price at the ballot box.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 5/30/2025 1:56:09 PM (No. 1957536)
Mr. President. Get ready to be impeached every other day if democrats win the House in the mid-terms because squishy republicans decided to raise taxes.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 5/30/2025 2:17:02 PM (No. 1957545)
So......DON'T raise taxes, Senators. DON'T.
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we aren't paying for his expensive agenda, it's all of the pork that the Swine in Congress have added back in... Maybe get Elon back, and have him wield a sharper axe!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 5/30/2025 2:53:24 PM (No. 1957563)
If I recall correctly, DJT said Social Security would NOT be taxed.
In terms of the Bill, it will be taxed but a $4,000 deduction, whatever.
Reading more about the Bill but it appears to be a "broken promise".
Seniors do vote and it is a large component of "income". I hope I'm wrong and Social Security is NOT taxed. Maybe there's a limit.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 5/30/2025 3:23:09 PM (No. 1957571)
I'm a big picture guy. So, does the FY 2026 budget bill as passed by this "lower chamber" come complete with the massive cut in spending, as advertised, and to keep the federal government solvent as we were told? Doesn't sound like it. Will the US Senate go along with more deficit spending? So far, it looks like it.
Kicking the can down the road...yet again. But the day of reckoning is already here. It is clear the dims and Rinos really don't give a flying flip if the federal government defaults on its debts or not. It only cares as to how it can best control what Americans think and when, where, and how they think it - isn't this how communism works.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
danu 5/30/2025 3:40:31 PM (No. 1957583)
afaik, no form of federal pension should be taxed; it looks to be taxed going in, AND Out, of their accts.(?)
it does not seem to be proper in either social security, or the private civil service retirement system.
algeek and his ridiculous 'lock box' claims let that cat out of the bag. the congresscreeps are stupider now.
aoc, melanie stansbury, jasmine crockett should be sent to occupy pluto.
mars is not far enough away.
it also seems they've been draining federal healthcare insurance, prescription accounts...
recall the badly done 'websites' slapped up by zero's cronies at a cost of billions.
obozocare is a racket , seeking immortality.
sadly, damnocrats and rinos are audacious crooks and con artists. they must be stopped.
the donors want salt money...? take it from the beggars' lavish salaries and perks.
let them all prove to DOGE they are not taking bribes and feathering nests with secret accounts.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
rushie 5/30/2025 3:41:40 PM (No. 1957584)
There is some kind of congressional rule that they cant mess with social security even to give a tax cut. That’s why the 4000. Extra deduction in addition to the standard. I think it is probably limited by income.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 5/30/2025 4:02:21 PM (No. 1957592)
#7
In further research, I interpret the Bill regarding Social Security as follows:
1. "Allow low and middle earners aged 65 and above to deduct an additional $4,000 on their federal tax return, or $8,000 for couples filing jointly"
2. "However, this additional deduction is only available to individuals and couples with respective modified adjusted gross incomes up to $75,000 and $150,000."
Going to another source to verify. Perhaps there is a Senate version.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Strike3 5/30/2025 4:18:30 PM (No. 1957596)
A lot of it is up to Congress, Audrey. Many of them read National Revue so reach out to them.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
red1066 5/30/2025 4:41:03 PM (No. 1957603)
Ok, the Rino's in Congress didn't do what the voters, Trump, or Elon wanted them to do, but at least they voted for a few things that Trump wanted. Imagine a demoslut controlled Congress. Nothing Trump wanted would have passed. Why would anyone vote for demosluts to take control of Congress in 2026? We just had four years of experience of demosluts running things. Who wants that?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 5/30/2025 4:50:03 PM (No. 1957607)
Wow, our daily dose of BS. Thanks!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
NamVet70 5/30/2025 5:48:09 PM (No. 1957624)
So do the nitpickers criticizing the President for the bill written by the house wish the bill not to pass? Do they want the tax cuts that President Trump got passed in his first term to expire, as the Democrats were planning to do? That would have resulted in a huge tax increase which definitely would have put the economy into recession and generated much less tax revenue and would ultimately increased the deficit.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
chumley 5/30/2025 9:07:37 PM (No. 1957660)
They break promises all the time, along with the usual elite criminal behavior. It never costs them and they get re-elected every time. The voters dont care.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DiegoDude 5/31/2025 6:17:21 AM (No. 1957697)
Initially, I thought no tax on SS sounded nice, but given how much fraud takes place in payments, (with illegals and dead people, false accounts) I figured it wouldn't fly. The 4k exemption is a compromise but I'd still like to see the tax on SS and military pensions lifted.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
avital2 5/31/2025 6:48:01 AM (No. 1957703)
#4 since Congress decided to do one BB bill under the reconciliation process only demanding a majority, SS tax situation cannot be changed. this is why the senior income deduction is raised from present levels by $4,000. if R majorities expand in mid-terms, making no tax on SS fillibuster-proof then this can be revisited. if Rs had swept Nov elex more decisively DJT could have delivered. this is a work-around. the House and Senate decide which legislative processto use, not president. this is hardly a blame situation when understood. we are vulnerable to a Senate filibuster and extending DJT tax cuts is vital.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Strike3 5/31/2025 9:13:44 AM (No. 1957802)
If the GOP can't perform while holding the majority, they might as well lose everything in the mid-terms. Donald Trump is doing his very best and those RINO goons can do nothing but shine chairs and barstools. The French have lost their exclusive rights to the White Flag.
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