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Elon Musk Denounces Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

2025/6/4
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Kate Batchelder-Odell: 作为一名编辑撰稿人，我认为参议院在税收法案的细节上应该有自己的政策考量。例如，应该削减对高税收州如纽约和加州的州和地方税收减免，因为这些减免对经济增长没有益处。此外，众议院法案中一些促进增长的条款被设定为临时性的，参议院应该使其永久化。参议院有责任制定良好的政策，而不仅仅是照搬众议院的法案，因为该法案存在缺陷。当然，我也承认，如果参议院削减这些税收减免，可能会在众议院引起争议。重要的是，要关注法案的增长潜力，避免纯粹的赤字支出。如果最终没有法案通过，那么将面临4.5万亿美元的税收增加，这不是一个好的选择。共和党人需要认真对待国会预算办公室的覆盖范围损失估计，并解释清楚法案的实质内容，而不是被高估的数字所淹没。 John Thune: 作为参议院多数党领袖，我尊重Elon Musk的观点，但我在这个问题上与他持有不同意见。我认为他的批评是基于国会预算办公室（CBO）的静态评估，而我们的模型显示，税收政策的改变，特别是永久性的奖金折旧、利息扣除和研发费用化，将显著促进经济增长，并减少赤字。我认为我们的方法是正确的，能够推动经济向前发展。

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The GOP's "Big Beautiful Bill" faces potential alterations in the Senate. While pressure exists to maintain the House version, senators are expected to adjust details like the SALT deduction and temporary provisions. The debate involves balancing pressure to pass the bill swiftly with the need for policy improvements and addressing concerns from critics such as Elon Musk.
  • Senate pressure to keep the House bill largely unchanged
  • Potential trimming of SALT deduction
  • Concerns about temporary provisions hindering growth
  • Elon Musk's criticism of the bill as a "disgusting abomination"
  • Debate about the Congressional Budget Office's analysis and its assumptions about economic growth

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As the GOP's tax-and-budget bill moves to the Senate, it gets a new opponent in Musk, who slams it on social media as a "disgusting abomination." How might the Senate improve the bill, since the alternative is a $4.5 trillion automatic tax increase amid a shaky economy? Plus, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismisses a nuclear deal, by insisting on uranium enrichment.

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