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$185B bill to carry out mass deportation, while doing nothing for workers www.epi.org/blog/house-republican-budget-bill-gives-trump-185-billion-to-carry-out-his-mass-deportation-agenda-while-doing-nothing-for-workers-immigration-enforcement-would-have-80-times-more-funding-than-la/

69 sats \ 4 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 5 Jun econ

House Republican budget bill gives Trump $185 billion to carry out his mass deportation agenda—while doing nothing for workers

Immigration enforcement would have 80 times more funding than labor standards enforcement

House Republicans recently passed Trump’s budget reconciliation legislation that massively redistributes income from some of the poorest households to the richest. It is now under consideration in the Senate and Trump is pressuring senators to pass it without major changes. Aside from cutting taxes by trillions for the wealthy, kicking 15 million people off health care, and cutting food aid for the poor, the bill provides an unfathomable amount of additional money to fund Trump’s draconian mass deportation agenda.

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38 sats \ 2 replies \ @Cje95 5 Jun

This whole article reads as a rage baiting click piece and I’m shocked EPI would publish something so blatantly misrepresenting not only the budget but where money goes and how it does so.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner OP 5 Jun

Yeah, I’d already noticed EPI doesn’t like Trump much, maybe the whole Republican crew, but honestly, I don’t know enough to break down the numbers. Like, what exactly are they messing up in the data?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 5 Jun

Like, what exactly are they messing up in the data?

It's editorialized slop

deportation agenda—while doing nothing for workers

Deportations drive up wages

redistributes income from some of the poorest households to the richest

Data isn't even there, just links to another bullshit article about the corporate tax rate being lowered (does not include an increase anywhere else and ultimately increases monetary velocity = higher stonks = higher 401k's and being able to actually pay the higher wages from deportation)

I swear this territory would post nothing if not for deep state rags like WSJ/ET/EPI/FT

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @lrm_btc 5 Jun

Labor standards are why I don't get to choose when I eat lunch. Labor standards are why I can't negotiate my wage. I sure hope we stop enforcing them!