Wait a second, the federal government takes money back from New York City, but Trump and Musk are running around cutting every program in site and nobody is talking about refunding the taxpayers? Gtfo…
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They are working on a tax cut bill.
I don’t want a tax cut. I wanna reimbursement because the truth is, we authorized our government to spend that money years ago. In some cases like USAID -we authorized the spending of that money decades ago.  if the United States government doesn’t want to spend that money anymore than there should’ve been legislature, but also they don’t get a free check to just spend it on whatever the fuck they want. They should have to pass new legislation before they spend any more taxpayer money on new projects. And since they haven’t passed any new legislation, they should give us our money back. 
if we set the precedence that the government can change, budget funding strategy like this, it would allow the government to raise billions of dollars for one purpose , and then suddenly take that billion dollars, and spend it on something that it wasn’t originally meant for.
Edit;; corrected word precedence. 
Yeah that tax cut wasn't for you
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That is disingenuous bullshit. The tax cut is for corporations and the wealthy. No one in the middle class or lower will see a drop of tax savings.
Disagree
You're not fucking entitled to disagree with objective facts! Now quit spreading misinformation.
You know what they are, fam.
Might as well ask a leopard to change their spots or not eat a face.
It's still important to refute bullshit.
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https://www.epi.org/publication/tcja-extensions-2025/
Just in case you missed it.
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I mean, it's never happened before...
A biased progressive liberal study doesn't prove anything.
Reality going back to Reagan proves everything.
Tax dollars don't get kicked back to the working class, they get siphoned upwards, always and forever.
Lower taxes increase GDP growth. It has been working like a charm.
America’s economic outperformance is a marvel to behold
"In 1990 America accounted for 40% of the nominal GDP of the G7, a group of the world’s seven biggest advanced economies, including Japan and Germany. Today it accounts for 58%.
America’s outperformance has translated into wealth for its people. he ultra rich have indeed done ultra well. But most other Americans have done pretty well, too. Median wages have grown almost as much as mean wages. A trucker in Oklahoma can earn more than a doctor in Portugal. The consumption gap is even starker. Britons, some of Europe’s best-off inhabitants, spent 80% as much as Americans in 1990. By 2021 that was down to 69%."
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@silence7 And this is why you NEVER sign up for automatic payments and give someone access to your bank account.
Mind you, NYC accepted a deposit from the federal government. Kinda like your employer deciding they didn't feel like giving you your last paycheck, and yanking it back.
Was it made in error? No?
File a dispute with the bank for unauthorized withdrawal.
It's theft. Brazen, straight up theft. Imagine what's happening where we can't see.
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