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The Senate Is Improving the GOP's 'Big Beautiful Bill'

2025/6/18
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Kate Batchelder-Odell: 我认为参议院和众议院版本的法案都比共和党无所作为导致的4.5万亿美元增税要好。参议院版本在某些条款上有所改进，例如使商业条款永久化，这对经济增长至关重要。此外，参议院改进了医疗补助计划，打击了各州用于资助医疗补助计划的骗局和不当支付。通过使某些条款永久化，共和党人阻止了民主党在未来重新谈判并索要高价以延长这些减税措施。总体而言，我认为产品正在改进，并且方向是朝着通过的方向发展，特朗普政府将通过该法案。 Mene Ukebarua: 我赞同永久性的观点，企业决策通常不会基于两到四年的时间范围，因此业务确定性对于经济增长至关重要。2017年税改的设计者一直希望将商业减税条款永久化，但为了通过协调法案，他们不得不设定一个到期日，并优先考虑将公司税率削减永久化。参议院共和党人正试图锁定这些条款，但特朗普总统希望让商业条款不永久化，以便激励企业尽快投资。确保企业能够无限期地支出其资本投资的全部成本将刺激经济增长。

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The Senate is working on its version of the Republican tax bill, making improvements to the House version. Key improvements include making business expensing provisions permanent, strengthening Medicaid provisions, and making more tax changes permanent to prevent future Democratic renegotiations.
  • Senate version improves upon the House version
  • Business expensing made permanent to boost economic growth
  • Senate strengthens Medicaid provisions by targeting state scams
  • Making provisions permanent prevents future political haggling

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The tax-and-spending package being written by Senate Republicans differs in many ways from the version that passed the House. It makes some business deductions permanent, which is better for the economy, and it puts caps on the distorting new carve-outs for tax-free tips and overtime. Are Republicans, despite their slim majorities, now getting close to the finish line?

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