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Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act into law

  1. #1
    Steven African Astronaut
    Creation of a 15% corporate minimum tax rate

    Medicare recipients will have a $2,000 cap on annual out-of-pocket prescription drug costs

    Affordable Care Act extended to 2025

    15% minimum corporate tax rate

    Green energy tax credits

    Lowers US deficit by 100 billion


    Thanks Joe Biden!

    Not signed by a single Republican!
  2. #2
    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    how is that supposed to help inflation?
  3. #3
    Steven African Astronaut
    Originally posted by aldra how is that supposed to help inflation?

    By further reducing the deficit and also helping to reduce some of the pains inflicted on Americans by rising inflation.
  4. #4
    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    reducing the deficit by 100 billion is kind of a moot point when you've simultaneously signed off on sending 3.3 trillion to israel and almost 500 billion to the Ukraine.

    as for the rest, treating the symptoms rather than the illness is palliative care
  5. #5
    Donald Trump Black Hole
    Originally posted by aldra how is that supposed to help inflation?

    Spending money is how you stop excess money being spent causing prices to rise.

    Rhodesian-School Bidenomics 101.
  6. #6
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    OP is not brainwashed. They just removed two scoops and closed the lid.
  7. #7
    Steven African Astronaut
    Originally posted by aldra reducing the deficit by 100 billion is kind of a moot point when you've simultaneously signed off on sending 3.3 trillion to israel and almost 500 billion to the Ukraine.

    as for the rest, treating the symptoms rather than the illness is palliative care

    Read my post.

    I said it LOWERS the deficit by 100 billion. Not that it REDUCES by 100 billion.

    That number is from the Congressional Budget Office which consists of a joint committee


    As for the meat of it, yeah, it just treats the symptoms. But it's a lot better than anything Trump ever did. Extending ACA subsidies has a real effect for me. Biden just signed a bill that ensures I can keep my insurance. I know people who have forgone medication because it costed too much (500+/mo for a fucking pill) but now they would be able to afford it. That 35/mo cap on insulin for seniors is pretty huge too. This is the only forward progress we've had on healthcare reform since 2008 when the ACA was passed.

    Green energy tax credits are cool too if you're not a conspiracy theorist climate change denier.

    15% minimum corporate tax rate is bullshit easy to get around, not gonna do anything. Still waiting on Biden to TAX THE RICH.


    I could care less about the deficit or inflation really. There's little that can be done at this point.
  8. #8
    Donald Trump Black Hole
    Originally posted by Steven I could care less about the deficit or inflation really.

    That's all you needed to say.
  9. #9
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by Steven
  10. #10
    Ghost Black Hole
    The economy better watch it, it's on thin ice. If it inflates more than the regulated amount they will have to pay a big fine
  11. #11
    Steven African Astronaut
    Originally posted by Donald Trump That's all you needed to say.

    I mean it effects my life zero :)

    Sorry you poors don't understand lol
  12. #12
    Originally posted by Steven I mean it effects my life zero :)

    Sorry you poors don't understand lol

    Because mom pays your rent and bills huh
  13. #13
    Steven African Astronaut
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Because mom pays your rent and bills huh

    yea so i dont have to worry about shit lol
  14. #14
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by Steven yea so i dont have to worry about shit lol

    You will rabbit, you will...
  15. #15
    Steven African Astronaut
    Originally posted by Speedy Parker You will rabbit, you will…

    nah I will actually never have to worry about it lol.
  16. #16
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by Steven nah I will actually never have to worry about it lol.

    Keep telling yourself that rabbit.
  17. #17
    troon African Astronaut
    Originally posted by Steven That 35/mo cap on insulin for seniors is pretty huge too.

    let the fat old fuckers croak. they consume too much, removing their demand from the market would lead to an excess supply, and therefore lower prices. transport costs for fatties is also disproportionately high, so there'd be a green angle to this policy too.

    banning insulin for seniors would be the most effective move, but making it less affordable would be a palatable compromise.
  18. #18
    Originally posted by Steven 15% minimum corporate tax rate

    Green energy tax credits



    the left hand gives and the right hand takes.

    the corporations that are getting 15% tax (the few that still have their tax base in the US and do not receive waivers) will also be the ones that get tax credited for their ESGs.

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