Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

The Authoritarian Slide

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Anne Applebaum
Jul 11, 2025
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The most regressive budget bill in history has passed. Now we will begin to learn exactly how it will affect our lives. The most important economic impact of the bill is clearly its enormous transfer of money from the poor to the rich. The wealthy will have tax cuts, and the poor, including the working poor and the disabled poor, will lose their healthc…

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