President’s Corner
The Big Beautiful Bill Passes!
By now you all know that the BBB has passed both houses of Congress and was signed into law by President Trump on July 4th! How fitting this was. The drama in both houses of congress, the pros and cons of this bill, & the fact that NO Democrats voted for it, is proof positive that Donald Trump is the most decisive and commanding president in our lifetime. He knows how to get what he wants and does it with flair.
He signed the bill in spectacular fashion on Independence Day at the White House flanked by the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader, John Thune as well as other Republican members of Congress, as B-2’s, F-22’s and F-35’s flew overhead. The passage of the bill is considered a signature accomplishment for the administration and is projected to be a massive boost to the job’s market.
In President Trump’s words, “This is a Flagship Bill, the biggest bill of its kind ever signed. It is going to make the country into a rocket ship; it’s going to be really great! We will have great growth with the biggest permanent tax cuts in history.” He thanked both Mike Johnson, Steve Scalise, Tom Emmer and John Thune for their hard work.
The bill is good but not great. Both Trump and we did not get everything that we would have liked in this final version, mostly due to the Senate Parliamentarian. However all things considered, we got a lot of important things passed and we are moving in the right direction. For example the 2017 tax cuts are made permanent, there is a work requirement in Medicaid, a massive border security bill, no tax on tips & overtime with limits, and some relief from tax on Social Security. It significantly rolled back electric vehicle (EV) mandates and provisions related to the Green New Scam specifically. The bill eliminates the federal tax credits for electric vehicles after September 30, 2025. This includes the $7,500 tax credit for new EV purchases or leases and the $4,000 credit for used EVs (no wonder Elon Musk was against this bill!). There is even money for building the Golden Dome.
Trump has floated “a trial balloon” about what could additionally be included in a recission package, like defunding NPR & PBS just to see what congress would do. There can be unlimited recissions in such a package so there are lots of opportunities there. President Trump promised future action on things not included in the bill that the House had proposed but that were stripped out by the Senate. So in future sessions, it is up to the House to work toward getting these proposals accomplished. This can be done in November with another reconciliation bill which only requires a majority vote.
It was interesting to see how partisans like the CBO, Moody’s, the supposed “experts” in economics and the Mainstream Media always get things wrong. Their hate for Donald Trump clouds their predictions which are always of gloom and doom. They got the jobs report wrong, predicting high unemployment. Instead the June report noted that there were 147 thousand jobs added in that month alone. Unemployment was lower than they predicted as well, at just 4.1%.
The labor market keeps defying expectations while the media ends up with egg on its face. President Trump's massive successes infuriate the so-called experts and the Democrats. They remind me of Wiley Coyote and the Road Runner, always one step behind and always foiled in their attempts to stop him.
Click here to read the complete breakdown of everything in the passed bill.
Patricia Moore
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