Apparently, Nebraska is the state that has taken the biggest economic hit so far. Which would be more amusing if my sister wasn't a state employee there.
Are the Republicans there observing how the contradictions have been heightened?
Apparently, lots of people planted beans. My cousin, who probably voted for Trump but we have a don't ask don't tell, planted no beans.
Defunding pretty much all hospitals, and adding a sop to rural hospitals that does not cover the loss.
I'm annoyed that the Byrd rule lists don't explain why provisions were struck. E.g., the sale of the USPS electric vehicles is colorably "primarily budgetary" but obviously makes no sense whatsoever except as a lib-owning move; what is the parliamentarian's rationale? ISTM there's a lot of culture-war stuff that's squeaking through.
Another thing I'm annoyed about is I'm considering a solar install on my house and all of the discussion of green energy policy is about utility-scale stuff. Are the home efficiency credits getting killed too? I have to assume yes but it's not clear in the reporting.
As of a month ago, the solar install company was pretty confident they'd be OK but I think they're screwed.
Yes, current legislation in the Senate terminates the residential clean energy credit 180 days after enactment.
If I wanted to save on energy costs, I would simply mine the beautiful clean coal underneath my home.
Someone probably did that already under my house.
Next up, making mine subsidence insurance illegal. Because getting your house sucked into a coal mine is a blessing.
This sucks beyond belief. I wonder if the fight back needs to be about providing more generous programs. Stop talking about Medicaid as being for those who truly need it, the deserving destitute, and make it easier to qualify.
My pet one, born of my struggles with my parents, is the complicated process of getting help with long term care through a Medicaid application. Th private LTC insurance market is broken even for upper middle class people. Harris had a couple of proposals around getting Medicare to pay for home health aids, but sliding scale help without firm, harsh cut offs would incentivize more economically productive behavior. It would also be more humane. Of course, that's just my policy preference, and it's unlikely that most people in the USA share my preferences.