Biden's Build Back Better budget reconciliation bill amounts to only 1.5 percent of US gross domestic product. If it were to pass as is, the US social support system would still be small by world standards.
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If our budget passes, it would be one of the most important pieces of legislation since the New Deal. But we must fight for it.
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FDR’s Social Security lifted many senior Americans out of poverty — now Biden’s child tax credit could do the same for children.
While the wealthy benefited immensely from Reagan's tax cuts, we essentially stopped maintaining the country. Similarly, condo developers profited by increasing the selling price and lowering the maintenance fee.
Trump doesn't even deny his tax fraud. He justifies it.
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