Locals react to Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
SALISBURY, Md. – Thursday the House passed President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” by a vote of 218-214.
It now heads to the President’s desk and could be signed on July 4th.
While it’s a major victory for Trump and Republicans in Congress, some locals are not thrilled about the bill.
“BS, hype, also disaster… debt,” said Eugene Harter, who used those words to describe the “Big, Beautiful Bill.”
Harter wasn’t alone, Christopher Caranna said the bill has its priorities in the wrong areas.
“I see it as increasing the national debt and cutting spending in areas that are the least significant and hurting the people who are in the most need of help,” said Caranna.
Marcus Colasurdo also is not in favor of the cuts to Medicaid that the bill holds.
“To add increased medical bills by cut backs and Medicaid I think is a cruel and unusual punishment for people who didn’t do anything who are citizens,” said Colasurdo, “So I think this is a bill that basically serves the 1% upper, upper, upper classes and the rest of us kind of seems like be damned.”
There were some who were in support of the bill. Helen Smith believes the bill needed to be passed.
“It needs to help the middle class and the lower classes by tax cuts,” she said. “I hate that it’s going to add to the deficit, that does bother me, but the Democrats added a lot money to increase that deficit and that’s too bad, but I do think it needs to be passed.”
Michael Smith blames the Democratic Party for some of the bill’s faults.
“I can’t believe that the Democrats keep messing with it, and the Senate, they added more money to it and still complained it’s going to increase the deficit,” he said.
The President’s bill includes nearly $4 trillion in tax cuts with new funding for Immigration Enforcement and Defense.
It would also eliminate taxes on tips and overtime, and it imposes work requirements on Medicaid.
Critics of the bill are angry it could add $3.4 trillion to the national debt over the next decade and worry cuts to Medicaid could force nearly 12 million people to lose their insurance.
