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The Republican tax scam has been discussed repeatedly at SmartDissent.com and on our Twitter and Facebook accounts. This post touches on the impacts of the GOP eliminating deductions for state and local taxes, which will cause the tax bills for millions of Americans to INCREASE.
The law limited the amount of state and local taxes -- or SALT -- that taxpayers can write off, a change most acutely felt in high-tax states including New York, New Jersey, Maryland and California, where tax bills can easily exceed the threshold.
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The headline of this post surprises no one. Most of you likely nodded your head and thought "of course." That doesn't make it any less infuriating. Civil rights enforcement exists to protect the most vulnerable among us. Trump and Republicans could not care less.
The Civil Rights Division has been crucial in historic efforts to protect Americans’ rights. The Trump administration is pursuing far fewer civil rights cases — including hate crimes, police bias, and disability rights cases....
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Congressional Republicans make up bullsh-t that we will “innovate” our way out of our climate crisis. So will they do that by supporting Trump’s 70% cut to renewable energy research?
Trump administration is again seeking severe cuts to the U.S. Energy Department division charged with renewable energy and energy efficiency research.... the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy would see its $2.3 billion budget slashed by about 70 percent, to $700 million, under Trump’s fiscal 2020 budget request.
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As we've stated dozens of times, Republicans within the Trump cabinet are HARD AT WORK EVERY DAY to destroy the funding and laws that seek to improve our country and our future. Case in point right here as Betsy Devos has tried to eliminate a law that protects minority children from discrimination in schools. Seriously.
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As reported two weeks ago, the Democrats’ first order of business as they took control of the 116th Congress was introducing H.R. 1, the “For the People Act.” The bill covers voting rights, campaign finance reform, ethics improvements among other things. “For the People Act” would go an enormous way toward repairing our badly broken democracy.