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This was legislation passed under Trump, but didn't take effect until 2022.

Take credit for "lowering taxes"... push the effects of the time bomb on to a future administration. Definition of stable genius... ;)

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Politically it’s a master piece. Take the credit and move blame to the next guy.

It wouldn't look like such a master piece if Trump won his re-election. It would have happened during his watch. So, are you saying he's such a master that he knew he wasn't going to win (which is contradicted by the tantrums thrown saying he didn't lose)?

Trump runs on a cult of personality, not real policy. If he had won, he'd either use his cult of personality to ensure the poison pills don't happen or he spin the poison pills as victories because they harm tech companies. Remember, a voter upset with him once said on him "he's not hurting the people he needs to be". If the economy is harmed because of Trump admin's poison pills and Trump isn't president, that's Biden's fault because he's an incompetent leader look how bad the economy is doing under him, but if Trump is president and the economy is harmed from those same poison pills, Trump is just hurting those fat-cats who need to get taken down a peg anyways.

The dems wouldn't have dug in their heels to oppose a can-kicking fix.

It's quite literally taking a loan from the future.

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