CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation project the budgetary effects, including the effects on interest costs, of a modified version of H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, that would make various policies permanent rather than temporary.
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It's not a modified version of the BBB act. It's Lindsey Graham writing his own bill to produce a high score.
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Why not do an analysis where the provisions are made permanent *and* the Senate votes to cover the cost with, say, tax rate increases for people earning more than $400,000 a year?
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So the GOP’s amended BBB plan is more expensive than the Dem version? Thanks for confirming that.
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Well, I’m still waiting on the CBO score for the NDAA. I’m withholding my support until we better understand just how many billions of dollars will disappear into the yawning black hole of corporate defense contractors’ pockets.
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How much did the Afghanistan war contribute to the deficit?
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