Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Jonathan D. Salant: What Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Will Mean to Pa. — and It’s Not Pretty

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Jonathan D. Salant: What Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Will Mean to Pa. — and It’s Not Pretty

“This bill overall would cut all sorts of benefits for all sorts of Americans who rely on them, whether it’s health care or food assistance or energy credits,” said Jon Whiten, ITEP deputy director. “It’s all being done to find enough money to jam through all of these tax cuts which disproportionately would go to the wealthiest Americans. It’s a little bit like Robin Hood in reverse here.”

House Tax Bill Would Be a Massive Giveaway for the Wealthiest Washingtonians

WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, the US House approved its budget reconciliation bill making the biggest cuts ever made to federal funding for health and food assistance to help pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. The plan, which very literally takes from the poor to give to the rich, now heads to the Senate, where it is likely to undergo significant changes. Analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows that th…