A Guy Named Brian (he/him)<p>“[Many red-state] voters responded to the most comprehensive attempt to provide concrete benefits to them since the New Deal by loading an economic shotgun and pointing it directly at themselves. The proposed cuts coming out of the House committees [to cut taxes on the rich] has them groping for the trigger.” 🤬</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InflationReductionActof2022" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InflationReductionActof2022</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BipartisanInfrastructureAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BipartisanInfrastructureAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicSelfSabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicSelfSabotage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTariffTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndustrialPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndustrialPolicy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2025-05-14-house-republicans-take-aim-red-state-economies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prospect.org/politics/2025-05-</span><span class="invisible">14-house-republicans-take-aim-red-state-economies/</span></a></p>