Schmidt: Trump Tax Bill Reflects GOP’s Ugly Priorities

Schmidt: Trump tax bill reflects GOP’s ugly priorities

If a budget is a mirror of values, what does the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” say about America? If you held up the bill to a mirror, most Americans would probably say that what they saw in the reflection was anything but beautiful. Read more...

Dissecting Trump’s ugly, evil bill

Donald Trump signed his One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) on July 4, the day after Congress narrowly adopted it. The July 1 Senate vote was 51 to 50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. The July 3 House vote to concur was 218 to 214. The votes were mostly along party lines, with all Democrats voting “no,” most Republicans voting “yes,” and a handful of Republicans joining the Democrats to vote “no” — from the left becaus…