Deficit Explosion
The forever promise of Republicans has been that tax cuts would generate so much economic growth that the government would take in more dollars than it would have through increased taxes. They do not even pretend that this claim has ever proven to be true, and now they are just pushing to make Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent because … well, actually, they do not even give a make-believe answer anymore. The 2017 tax cut was labeled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and it was supposed to pay for itself with increased taxes from all of the growth. It did not happen. All it did was add at least $1 trillion to the deficit, and now they acknowledge that the 2025 version will add a few trillion dollars more to our national deficit. Party of fiscal prudence and restraint? Absolutely not.
The Ruthless Execution of Alex Pretti
Alex Pretti was not shot by Federal officials. He was executed in cold blood. His
