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It takes from the poorest and gives to the richest—among other things.

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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 5 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

The GOP threat was to primary anyone who voted no. They did it to be yes men and not get primaried.

[–] Skydancer@pawb.social 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

~~The GOP threat was to primary anyone who voted no.~~ They did it ~~to be yes men and not get primaried.~~

That's the only thing that matters. The rest is neither justification nor excuse.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 7 hours ago

and the token susan collins and muroswki votes against were just perfomative, they were going to vote for it anyways, they know they have the safety numbers to vote against it.