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By stuffing it deep inside a giant budget package, politicians are counting on us not noticing that just beneath their winsome title and talking points is yet another giveaway to the wealthy and another gutting of our public institutions.
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Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Democrats repeatedly slammed the package as a giveaway to the wealthy at the expense of benefit programs like Medicaid and food stamps.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 15 May 2025
The United States is Switzerland’s second-biggest trading partner after the EU — the 27-member-country bloc that nearly surrounds the wealthy Alpine country of more than 9 million people.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
As a professional but not a member of the wealthy elite, and having been considered by Congress, Cleveland represents a clear distinction from Musk, who appears to have little understanding of what an average American may need from an operative federal bureaucracy.
—Laura Ellyn Smith, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
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Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Democrats repeatedly slammed the package as a giveaway to the wealthy at the expense of benefit programs like Medicaid and food stamps.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 15 May 2025
The United States is Switzerland’s second-biggest trading partner after the EU — the 27-member-country bloc that nearly surrounds the wealthy Alpine country of more than 9 million people.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
As a professional but not a member of the wealthy elite, and having been considered by Congress, Cleveland represents a clear distinction from Musk, who appears to have little understanding of what an average American may need from an operative federal bureaucracy.
—Laura Ellyn Smith, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
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“The wealthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20wealthy. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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