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Republican Tax Bills Will Add Trillions to the Debt

The verdict for this episode is: Republicans don’t care about the debt. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/Taxes_and_Debt.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:59 — 3.7MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's Verdicts

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Republican Tax Bills Could cost Medicare Billions

If Republicans pass either of their tax bills, Medicare and a host of other federal programs will face automatic spending cuts. Medicare would be facing a cut of 28 billion dollars in 2018.

Taxes and the Penalty for not Having Health Insurance

As a part of its tax bill, the Senate is proposing to repeal the tax penalty currently paid by people without health insurance. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), repealing the penalty will save 338 billion dollars over 10 years.

Senate’s Tax Bill Lies About Debt

The latest changes to the Senate’s tax bill will dramatically increase the debt. The reason is very simple: all of the benefits promised taxpayers expire at the end of 2025.

GOP Senators Should Promise to Expel Moore

The response of nearly every Republican senator to Roy Moore’s pedophilia and sexual assault of a minor has included the words “if true.” Anyone who read the account of the victims and the dozens of witnesses who report being told of the incidents around the time they occurred would not be engaging in the kind… Continue reading GOP Senators Should Promise to Expel Moore

Expelling a Senator

Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution gives each branch of Congress the right to expel members.

PROMESA Explained

The Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) prevented creditors from suing Puerto Rico on a bond default worth two billion dollars.

US Territories Explained

A territory is part of the United States, but it isn’t a state. The United States has five territories.

Republicans Care Way More About Banks Than us

The verdict for this episode is: class action lawsuits are easily the best way to protect consumers cheated by financial institutions. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/CFPB.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:37 — 3.9MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's Verdicts

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Here’s How You Beat Your Bank

In Consumers Could Lose again, I discussed how Congress may repeal a rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).