Congressional Democrats Turn on Blue-Collar Workers and Retirees

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BBB: Congressional Democrats Turn on Blue-Collar Workers and Retirees​

BBB: Congressional Democrats Turn on Blue-Collar Workers and Retirees

The Democrat failure to support President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is a slap in the face to their traditional constituencies.

www.americanthinker.com

2 Jul 2025 ~~ By Ned Barnett

Sometimes I wonder if anyone with an IQ above room temperature has been guiding the leadership of the Democrat party.
Case in point: Last night’s vote on Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill (BBB), a massive tax and spend bill that includes a number of important tax cuts that will benefit blue collar workers – including those who depend on tips – as well as seniors living on limited and fixed means.
While the bill passed thanks to the almost monolithic support by the thin Republican majority, the Democrats unanimously opposed it – in essence, turning their backs on their most important core constituents: Blacks, blue collar workers and seniors.
They did this in the House back in the Spring, and they did it again last night.
Fortunately for their former key constituencies, the Democrats’ opposition to this bill failed to stop it from passing in its current form.
However, the fight isn’t over. The Senate bill is far different from the House bill, and finding common ground could see the coalition in support of this legislation fail. Should that happen, Trump and his allies would be wise to offer the tax cuts for seniors and tip-dependent blue collar workers as a stand-alone bill. It needs to be passed.
Why is this a betrayal? It’s simple. The BBB contains provisions exempting tips from being taxed by the IRS – great for millions of blue collar workers who depend on tips, along with their families – as well as for exempting seniors from income tax on their Social Security and other income. For those struggling on a fixed income, this is like manna from heaven – a gift beyond price.
~Snip~
Why is this a betrayal? It’s simple. The BBB contains provisions exempting tips from being taxed by the IRS – great for millions of blue collar workers who depend on tips, along with their families – as well as for exempting seniors from income tax on their Social Security and other income. For those struggling on a fixed income, this is like manna from heaven – a gift beyond price.
Bottom line: If their opposition to this bill isn’t a betrayal of the Democrats’ traditionally most important constituencies, I’m not sure what would be.
~Snip~
What does all of this mean?
In terms of upcoming elections in ’26 and ‘28, every single Republican candidate for any office should create at least one powerful television ad showing how vehemently the Dems in office – from Schumer on down in the Senate, and Jeffries and his crew in the House – rallied their troops to vote against Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
~Snip~
In this critical vote, the Democrats showed their true colors. They’d rather damage their opponent than support their millions of loyal – until now – friends. This Congressional vote against tax relief for blue-collar workers and seniors could mark the victory for Republicans in 2026, and again in 2028, when voters by the millions will come out to reward those who supported them with the most significant tax reduction in decades.
Seriously, what this means in 2026 and 2028 – assuming the Republicans realize the gift that Schumer and Jeffries have given them, and also assuming the Republicans use that gift to create on-target campaign ads – is even bigger margins in the Senate and House in 2026, and a repeat presidency in 2028.
How this is managed is up to the Republicans (I hope you’re listening), but the gift is theirs for the taking.


Commentary:
Any time the DSA Marxist Democrats claim they only want to tax the rich, what they mean is ANYONE WITH A JOB!
To DSA-M Democrats, rich means is defined as any Blue Collar worker that natively speaks English.
All the Democrats voted to revert back to the old standard deduction and impose a $4 trillion tax increase on the American people.
Not just the DSA-M Democrats, include Republicans Thom Tillis, Susan Collins and Rand Paul, they also voted for an increase in our taxes.
Unbeknownst to DS-M Democrats, by opposing the BBB, they give the GOP plenty of ammunition for the 2026 mid-terms. Every Democrat running again next year can truthfully be said to have voted against middle class working people. Nail ‘em to the wall with it.
What we've come to understand is that Democrats abandoned the Blue collar workers and core constituencies started under Bill Clinton.
Congress wanted to give him a ‘Win’ and so they approved NAFTA. A year later, they approved the Doha round of GATT, allowing for trade in services. This led to outsourcing of jobs and, later, insourcing of workers who displaced American workers. They blocked Bush’s free trade deals but then approved them under Obama which in turn has crippled manufacturing. Today’s Democrat constituencies are primarily Federal government workers and outside contractors. Democrats’ rejection of BBB and of Americans who work for a living is no surprise.
The usefulness of the American manufacturing and it's workers long been over for DS-M Democrats. That has been apparent now for decades.

 

[pknopp]

There is NOTHING in the bill that exempts seniors from taxes on Social Security.

Do we need to bring this up again?

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[John Edgar Slow Horses]

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Doc lied through his teeth. Go to the OP and read his crap if you want.

 

[IM2]

An article from the American thinker.

Pure bs.

 

[Crepitus]

BBB: Congressional Democrats Turn on Blue-Collar Workers and Retirees​

BBB: Congressional Democrats Turn on Blue-Collar Workers and Retirees

The Democrat failure to support President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is a slap in the face to their traditional constituencies.

www.americanthinker.com

2 Jul 2025 ~~ By Ned Barnett

Sometimes I wonder if anyone with an IQ above room temperature has been guiding the leadership of the Democrat party.
Case in point: Last night’s vote on Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill (BBB), a massive tax and spend bill that includes a number of important tax cuts that will benefit blue collar workers – including those who depend on tips – as well as seniors living on limited and fixed means.
While the bill passed thanks to the almost monolithic support by the thin Republican majority, the Democrats unanimously opposed it – in essence, turning their backs on their most important core constituents: Blacks, blue collar workers and seniors.
They did this in the House back in the Spring, and they did it again last night.
Fortunately for their former key constituencies, the Democrats’ opposition to this bill failed to stop it from passing in its current form.
However, the fight isn’t over. The Senate bill is far different from the House bill, and finding common ground could see the coalition in support of this legislation fail. Should that happen, Trump and his allies would be wise to offer the tax cuts for seniors and tip-dependent blue collar workers as a stand-alone bill. It needs to be passed.
Why is this a betrayal? It’s simple. The BBB contains provisions exempting tips from being taxed by the IRS – great for millions of blue collar workers who depend on tips, along with their families – as well as for exempting seniors from income tax on their Social Security and other income. For those struggling on a fixed income, this is like manna from heaven – a gift beyond price.
~Snip~
Why is this a betrayal? It’s simple. The BBB contains provisions exempting tips from being taxed by the IRS – great for millions of blue collar workers who depend on tips, along with their families – as well as for exempting seniors from income tax on their Social Security and other income. For those struggling on a fixed income, this is like manna from heaven – a gift beyond price.
Bottom line: If their opposition to this bill isn’t a betrayal of the Democrats’ traditionally most important constituencies, I’m not sure what would be.
~Snip~
What does all of this mean?
In terms of upcoming elections in ’26 and ‘28, every single Republican candidate for any office should create at least one powerful television ad showing how vehemently the Dems in office – from Schumer on down in the Senate, and Jeffries and his crew in the House – rallied their troops to vote against Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
~Snip~
In this critical vote, the Democrats showed their true colors. They’d rather damage their opponent than support their millions of loyal – until now – friends. This Congressional vote against tax relief for blue-collar workers and seniors could mark the victory for Republicans in 2026, and again in 2028, when voters by the millions will come out to reward those who supported them with the most significant tax reduction in decades.
Seriously, what this means in 2026 and 2028 – assuming the Republicans realize the gift that Schumer and Jeffries have given them, and also assuming the Republicans use that gift to create on-target campaign ads – is even bigger margins in the Senate and House in 2026, and a repeat presidency in 2028.
How this is managed is up to the Republicans (I hope you’re listening), but the gift is theirs for the taking.


Commentary:
Any time the DSA Marxist Democrats claim they only want to tax the rich, what they mean is ANYONE WITH A JOB!
To DSA-M Democrats, rich means is defined as any Blue Collar worker that natively speaks English.
All the Democrats voted to revert back to the old standard deduction and impose a $4 trillion tax increase on the American people.
Not just the DSA-M Democrats, include Republicans Thom Tillis, Susan Collins and Rand Paul, they also voted for an increase in our taxes.
Unbeknownst to DS-M Democrats, by opposing the BBB, they give the GOP plenty of ammunition for the 2026 mid-terms. Every Democrat running again next year can truthfully be said to have voted against middle class working people. Nail ‘em to the wall with it.
What we've come to understand is that Democrats abandoned the Blue collar workers and core constituencies started under Bill Clinton.
Congress wanted to give him a ‘Win’ and so they approved NAFTA. A year later, they approved the Doha round of GATT, allowing for trade in services. This led to outsourcing of jobs and, later, insourcing of workers who displaced American workers. They blocked Bush’s free trade deals but then approved them under Obama which in turn has crippled manufacturing. Today’s Democrat constituencies are primarily Federal government workers and outside contractors. Democrats’ rejection of BBB and of Americans who work for a living is no surprise.
The usefulness of the American manufacturing and it's workers long been over for DS-M Democrats. That has been apparent now for decades.

Nice try, kiddo but that piece of carp does nothing for seniors

 

[Marener]

BBB: Congressional Democrats Turn on Blue-Collar Workers and Retirees​

BBB: Congressional Democrats Turn on Blue-Collar Workers and Retirees

The Democrat failure to support President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is a slap in the face to their traditional constituencies.

www.americanthinker.com

2 Jul 2025 ~~ By Ned Barnett

Sometimes I wonder if anyone with an IQ above room temperature has been guiding the leadership of the Democrat party.
Case in point: Last night’s vote on Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill (BBB), a massive tax and spend bill that includes a number of important tax cuts that will benefit blue collar workers – including those who depend on tips – as well as seniors living on limited and fixed means.
While the bill passed thanks to the almost monolithic support by the thin Republican majority, the Democrats unanimously opposed it – in essence, turning their backs on their most important core constituents: Blacks, blue collar workers and seniors.
They did this in the House back in the Spring, and they did it again last night.
Fortunately for their former key constituencies, the Democrats’ opposition to this bill failed to stop it from passing in its current form.
However, the fight isn’t over. The Senate bill is far different from the House bill, and finding common ground could see the coalition in support of this legislation fail. Should that happen, Trump and his allies would be wise to offer the tax cuts for seniors and tip-dependent blue collar workers as a stand-alone bill. It needs to be passed.
Why is this a betrayal? It’s simple. The BBB contains provisions exempting tips from being taxed by the IRS – great for millions of blue collar workers who depend on tips, along with their families – as well as for exempting seniors from income tax on their Social Security and other income. For those struggling on a fixed income, this is like manna from heaven – a gift beyond price.
~Snip~
Why is this a betrayal? It’s simple. The BBB contains provisions exempting tips from being taxed by the IRS – great for millions of blue collar workers who depend on tips, along with their families – as well as for exempting seniors from income tax on their Social Security and other income. For those struggling on a fixed income, this is like manna from heaven – a gift beyond price.
Bottom line: If their opposition to this bill isn’t a betrayal of the Democrats’ traditionally most important constituencies, I’m not sure what would be.
~Snip~
What does all of this mean?
In terms of upcoming elections in ’26 and ‘28, every single Republican candidate for any office should create at least one powerful television ad showing how vehemently the Dems in office – from Schumer on down in the Senate, and Jeffries and his crew in the House – rallied their troops to vote against Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
~Snip~
In this critical vote, the Democrats showed their true colors. They’d rather damage their opponent than support their millions of loyal – until now – friends. This Congressional vote against tax relief for blue-collar workers and seniors could mark the victory for Republicans in 2026, and again in 2028, when voters by the millions will come out to reward those who supported them with the most significant tax reduction in decades.
Seriously, what this means in 2026 and 2028 – assuming the Republicans realize the gift that Schumer and Jeffries have given them, and also assuming the Republicans use that gift to create on-target campaign ads – is even bigger margins in the Senate and House in 2026, and a repeat presidency in 2028.
How this is managed is up to the Republicans (I hope you’re listening), but the gift is theirs for the taking.


Commentary:
Any time the DSA Marxist Democrats claim they only want to tax the rich, what they mean is ANYONE WITH A JOB!
To DSA-M Democrats, rich means is defined as any Blue Collar worker that natively speaks English.
All the Democrats voted to revert back to the old standard deduction and impose a $4 trillion tax increase on the American people.
Not just the DSA-M Democrats, include Republicans Thom Tillis, Susan Collins and Rand Paul, they also voted for an increase in our taxes.
Unbeknownst to DS-M Democrats, by opposing the BBB, they give the GOP plenty of ammunition for the 2026 mid-terms. Every Democrat running again next year can truthfully be said to have voted against middle class working people. Nail ‘em to the wall with it.
What we've come to understand is that Democrats abandoned the Blue collar workers and core constituencies started under Bill Clinton.
Congress wanted to give him a ‘Win’ and so they approved NAFTA. A year later, they approved the Doha round of GATT, allowing for trade in services. This led to outsourcing of jobs and, later, insourcing of workers who displaced American workers. They blocked Bush’s free trade deals but then approved them under Obama which in turn has crippled manufacturing. Today’s Democrat constituencies are primarily Federal government workers and outside contractors. Democrats’ rejection of BBB and of Americans who work for a living is no surprise.
The usefulness of the American manufacturing and it's workers long been over for DS-M Democrats. That has been apparent now for decades.

Why do the rest of us taxpayers need to subsidize them?

 

[yidnar]

There is NOTHING in the bill that exempts seniors from taxes on Social Security.

Do we need to bring this up again?

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88% of Seniors Won't Pay Taxes on Social Security If One Big, Beautiful Bill Passes, Analysis Finds

The Council on Economic Advisers says the One Big, Beautiful Bill includes the largest tax break in American history for seniors.

www.dailysignal.com

 

[Blaster]

Senior citizens should love this bill.

 

[Marener]

Senior citizens should love this bill.

If you’re selfish and don’t care about saddling your kids and grandkids with crushing debt, sure.

 

[Paddlefoot]

I thought states made the law for if social security can be taxed.

 

[80zephyr]

I am a senior citizen. Give these tax breaks to young families. They are the ones that need it.

 

[Paddlefoot]

I am a senior citizen. Give these tax breaks to young families. They are the ones that need it.

I still want the cap on how much social security I can make before it gets taxed. But I thought that was a state law.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

What is the best estimate of the number of rural hospitals that will close because of the big beautiful bill?

Not entirely—but it comes close for many. The Big Beautiful Bill doesn’t eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits outright, but it introduces a temporary $6,000 tax deduction for seniors aged 65 and older (or $12,000 for couples) from 2025 through 2028.


What This Means for Seniors

• 88% of seniors receiving Social Security would owe no federal income tax on their benefits under the bill—up from 64% today.
• The deduction applies to seniors with modified adjusted gross incomes up to:
  • $75,000 (single)
• • • 150,000 (married filing jointly)
  • It phases out completely at:
  • $175,000 (single)
  • $250,000 (joint)
  Important Caveats
  • The deduction does not directly target Social Security taxes—it’s a broader income tax break that indirectly reduces the taxable portion of benefits.
  • Lower-income seniors may see little change, as many already pay no tax on benefits.
  • Higher-income seniors may not qualify due to the income cap.
  • The deduction is not permanent—it expires after 2028 unless extended by future legislation.
  So while it doesn’t fulfill the campaign promise to eliminate Social Security taxes entirely, it significantly reduces the burden for most seniors. Want to see how this might affect your own tax situation or how it compares to past proposals
• • • 150,000 (married filing jointly)
  • It phases out completely at:
  • $175,000 (single)
  • $250,000 (joint)
  • Important Caveats
    
  • The deduction does not directly target Social Security taxes—it’s a broader income tax break that indirectly reduces the taxable portion of benefits.
  • Lower-income seniors may see little change, as many already pay no tax on benefits.
  • Higher-income seniors may not qualify due to the income cap.
  • The deduction is not permanent—it expires after 2028 unless extended by future legislation.
  • So while it doesn’t fulfill the campaign promise to eliminate Social Security taxes entirely, it significantly reduces the burden for most seniors. Want to see how this might affect your own tax situation or how it compares to past proposals
    

 

[Paddlefoot]

Well, I already know who I am voting for in the senate.

 

[Winston]

BBB: Congressional Democrats Turn on Blue-Collar Workers and Retirees​

BBB: Congressional Democrats Turn on Blue-Collar Workers and Retirees

The Democrat failure to support President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is a slap in the face to their traditional constituencies.

www.americanthinker.com

2 Jul 2025 ~~ By Ned Barnett

Sometimes I wonder if anyone with an IQ above room temperature has been guiding the leadership of the Democrat party.
Case in point: Last night’s vote on Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill (BBB), a massive tax and spend bill that includes a number of important tax cuts that will benefit blue collar workers – including those who depend on tips – as well as seniors living on limited and fixed means.
While the bill passed thanks to the almost monolithic support by the thin Republican majority, the Democrats unanimously opposed it – in essence, turning their backs on their most important core constituents: Blacks, blue collar workers and seniors.
They did this in the House back in the Spring, and they did it again last night.
Fortunately for their former key constituencies, the Democrats’ opposition to this bill failed to stop it from passing in its current form.
However, the fight isn’t over. The Senate bill is far different from the House bill, and finding common ground could see the coalition in support of this legislation fail. Should that happen, Trump and his allies would be wise to offer the tax cuts for seniors and tip-dependent blue collar workers as a stand-alone bill. It needs to be passed.
Why is this a betrayal? It’s simple. The BBB contains provisions exempting tips from being taxed by the IRS – great for millions of blue collar workers who depend on tips, along with their families – as well as for exempting seniors from income tax on their Social Security and other income. For those struggling on a fixed income, this is like manna from heaven – a gift beyond price.
~Snip~
Why is this a betrayal? It’s simple. The BBB contains provisions exempting tips from being taxed by the IRS – great for millions of blue collar workers who depend on tips, along with their families – as well as for exempting seniors from income tax on their Social Security and other income. For those struggling on a fixed income, this is like manna from heaven – a gift beyond price.
Bottom line: If their opposition to this bill isn’t a betrayal of the Democrats’ traditionally most important constituencies, I’m not sure what would be.
~Snip~
What does all of this mean?
In terms of upcoming elections in ’26 and ‘28, every single Republican candidate for any office should create at least one powerful television ad showing how vehemently the Dems in office – from Schumer on down in the Senate, and Jeffries and his crew in the House – rallied their troops to vote against Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
~Snip~
In this critical vote, the Democrats showed their true colors. They’d rather damage their opponent than support their millions of loyal – until now – friends. This Congressional vote against tax relief for blue-collar workers and seniors could mark the victory for Republicans in 2026, and again in 2028, when voters by the millions will come out to reward those who supported them with the most significant tax reduction in decades.
Seriously, what this means in 2026 and 2028 – assuming the Republicans realize the gift that Schumer and Jeffries have given them, and also assuming the Republicans use that gift to create on-target campaign ads – is even bigger margins in the Senate and House in 2026, and a repeat presidency in 2028.
How this is managed is up to the Republicans (I hope you’re listening), but the gift is theirs for the taking.


Commentary:
Any time the DSA Marxist Democrats claim they only want to tax the rich, what they mean is ANYONE WITH A JOB!
To DSA-M Democrats, rich means is defined as any Blue Collar worker that natively speaks English.
All the Democrats voted to revert back to the old standard deduction and impose a $4 trillion tax increase on the American people.
Not just the DSA-M Democrats, include Republicans Thom Tillis, Susan Collins and Rand Paul, they also voted for an increase in our taxes.
Unbeknownst to DS-M Democrats, by opposing the BBB, they give the GOP plenty of ammunition for the 2026 mid-terms. Every Democrat running again next year can truthfully be said to have voted against middle class working people. Nail ‘em to the wall with it.
What we've come to understand is that Democrats abandoned the Blue collar workers and core constituencies started under Bill Clinton.
Congress wanted to give him a ‘Win’ and so they approved NAFTA. A year later, they approved the Doha round of GATT, allowing for trade in services. This led to outsourcing of jobs and, later, insourcing of workers who displaced American workers. They blocked Bush’s free trade deals but then approved them under Obama which in turn has crippled manufacturing. Today’s Democrat constituencies are primarily Federal government workers and outside contractors. Democrats’ rejection of BBB and of Americans who work for a living is no surprise.
The usefulness of the American manufacturing and it's workers long been over for DS-M Democrats. That has been apparent now for decades.

Damn, how uninformed. That no tax on tips, what a ******* con job. First, it is limited to twenty-five grand. Look, if you are dependent on twenty five grand in tips you ain't ******* paying income taxes to start with. But now, well you get a twenty five grand, top-line deduction for tips. While you probably didn't pay income taxes on those tips you did pay the FICA tax. Now, you won't have to, and your employer, they won't have to pay their half either. But that tip income, it won't count toward calculating your Social Security benefit, disability, retirement, survival, all of them. These workers are not benefiting, they are getting shit. Their employers on the other hand, you start to see who the bill is steered to benefit.

I mean there are all kinds of surprises In this bill. None of them geared to benefit "middle class working people"

 

[Blaster]

Democrats worship Hollywood celebrities and piss on the working men and women.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

If you’re selfish and don’t care about saddling your kids and grandkids with crushing debt, sure.

You voted to saddle kids and grandkids with debt your entire life.

 

[pknopp]

You voted to saddle kids and grandkids with debt your entire life.

I certainly haven't. Why are you OK with it?

 

[Blaster]

I certainly haven't. Why are you OK with it?

Sure you have. Be honest.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

I certainly haven't. Why are you OK with it?

I’m not ok with it. I would cut the federal government in half today if I could.