Do you agree with congressional Republicans’ plan to extend most or all of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts while also enacting cuts to federal spending?

👍 Yes (31%) – "Since the tax code has been in place for years, you know the income it produces. Cutting spending is responsible action and needs to be done periodically - just like your household. Now, the only troubling part is the assumption of business growth that produces more income. Perhaps that's also covered by new tariff dollars not previously seen. So, overall, it is a plan back to solvency."

• "We need to cut taxes and cut spending. It has become obvious that congress waste a tremendous amount of money on frivolous things and quite honestly some criminal things. Congress needs to do their job. Warren Buffet said he could balance the budget immediately by passing a law that states that if the budget isn't balanced that no one in congress is eligible to run for office again. I would add that they don't get paid either."

"Yes, and the child tax credit should be expanded even further. We wonder why people aren't having kids anymore, but the truth is, we just can't afford it. Anything that we can do to make things more affordable for young Americans has my vote."

👎 No (59%) – "If this were a household budget, cutting your income without cutting your expenses to match or exceed that income decrease is a recipe for eventual bankruptcy. The national debt is large enough without enacting budgets that will only exacerbate the problem."

• "Corporations should be paying more, not less. People with higher earnings should pay more of at least the social security taxes. Not sure about the tax cut for the middle class. It "only" gained me about $23 a month which I feel was nothing to celebrate. Should not be cutting needed services to the less fortunate to pay for said tax cuts."

"The expectation that economic growth will make up for the larger deficit being created by the bill is certainly a bold claim, given the last few days of tariffs and the market responses. Now, if the tariffs are paused and the economy is able to grow, it won't be as bad; even so, I don't think the existing exonomic conditions allow for growth at the required scale. I think we're going to see an increase in the debt."

• "While I favor some aspects of the current taxes much of it benefits higher income earners and companies. Those benefits should be reduced. The ongoing increases in the deficit have to slow/stop. This doesn’t do that and congressional “math” doesn’t change that this will increase the deficit tremendously."

"The deficit *is* a problem, but we’ve repeatedly proven time and time again that cutting taxes does not promote enough economic growth to make up for the loss of revenue. Continuing to do the same thing while expecting a different result is idiocy."

• "I agree with reducing expenses if itis done in a responsible way to reduce the national debt. I do not agree with renewing tax cuts to the wealthy and businesses. Those taxes should be raised, and the loopholes plugged. Stock should not be used as collateral, If the wealthy and businesses paid more, we could reduce the debt without destroying what it has taken so long to build."

🤷 Unsure/other (10%) – "I’m too young to pay taxes yet, so I’m not familiar with the process (either the old way or how it currently is). But if the opposition comes because of concerns about a government deficit, then I have to wonder why they were okay giving Ukraine billions of dollars under Biden. It seems a little nonsensical to me that they were fine spending that money on non-American citizens but they’re not okay with leaving it in the hands of Americans. Still, I don’t know much or really anything about how taxes work, so I guess only time will show whether the tax cuts matter or not."