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The cost of childcare has long been burdensome for middle and lower income families.

The One, Big, Beautiful Bill provides working families with assistance by providing employers with tax incentives to sponsor child care.
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"One, Big, Beautiful Bill" you sound just like your magat daddy Jason particularly after you made an absolute buffoon of yourself. The newest clown in the gop circus lmao.

Please vote against this bill.

And only the big beautiful corporations can do this. How about offer help to childcare providers to help them stay open! I’m closing mine in two weeks!

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80 million Americans work hourly-wage jobs.

By eliminating tax on overtime pay, the One, Big, Beautiful Bill delivers President Trump’s pro-worker agenda.
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Did you truly not understand the language of the bill or are you intentionally being dishonest? The proposed bill was only a deduction of up to 20% of tips or overtime pay.

And then the bill takes away those same workers health care with massive cuts to Medicaid.

Stop giving Billionaires tax cuts!!!!

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By extending 100% immediate expensing, the One, Big, Beautiful Bill ensures farmers can expense their equipment today to secure tomorrow’s harvest. ... See MoreSee Less

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Stop it Jason. Expensing equipment is a short term fix. It will be great the first year and then they will all realize what happened.

And take away the retired farmers Medicare and Medicaid. So look a little deeper

86 (kick out for you Einsteins out there) 47

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The One, Big, Beautiful Bill implements pro-growth tax cuts that will put more money in the pockets of American workers.

American workers will see their real wages increase by $3,300.
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While their living expenses go up $5,300.

How much is being cut from medicaid?

Ok for how long, the rumor is the Worker Bees get a short term break tax break while the Billionaires get a Permanent Tax Break, Stop the Steal for the Working People

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Over 4 million Americans are tipped workers.

The One, Big, Beautiful Bill delivers tax relief to these workers by eliminating tax on tips.
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If you held a town hall right now you would literally get tomatoes to the face.

Liar

I'm still waiting for Spending restraint, deficit and eventually debt reduction.

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The One, Big, Beautiful Bill puts American families first.

By doubling the Child Tax Credit, cementing the doubled guaranteed standard deduction, and increasing the Death Tax exemption, this bill will allow working families to keep more of their hard-earned money.
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It gives rich tax cuts and takes Medicaid and SNAP away from people who need it. Be honest with your constituents

He is definitely going to be hurting a lot of people if this happens god is watching all the evil that's going on to his people and there going to have to answer to him.

What about the truckers?

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Chairman Smith: We Have To Get the Job Done and the One, Big, Beautiful Bill on the President’s Desk

Jason Smith

Jason Smith is a 7th generation Missourian, a 4th generation owner of his family’s farm, a citizen-legislator, and a champion for the rights and values of rural Missourians.

Jason chairs the Ways and Means Committee – the oldest committee in Congress. He became the youngest Ways and Means Chairman since before the Civil War and the first Missourian to lead the Committee since John Phelps – the namesake of Missouri’s Phelps County – in 1859.

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