Subj : I'll go there -- Big Beautiful Bill, who does it really benefit?
To : Nightfox
From : Sam Alexander
Date : Tue Jul 08 2025 12:23 am
Re: I'll go there -- Big Beautiful Bill, who does it really benefit?
By: Nightfox to Sam Alexander on Mon Jul 07 2025 08:33 am
> When you say "articles about this thing", do you mean articles talking about it, or have you seen anything just explaining the bill itself? I had a look recently, and I think a couple
> things stuck out. For one thing, it sounds like they're trying to reduce abuse of the medicaid system by increasing standards (i.e., if you're able to work, they want you to work).
> Also,
> there are tax cuts and an increase in the maximum standard deduction, which would mean more money back to you for most people.
The standard deduction for married couple went up from $29,200 to $31,500. But given I've been eyeing the Slate Truck, the EV truck from Amazon, the loss of the EV credit will increase the cost of this by about $7,500. So for me personally in the end it's a loss. I had found a great site from the CBP that broke down all this, but now I can't find it. The extra costs were nuts overall, and other than the tax incentives which would mostly benefit the rich I just didn't see any benefit to most.
