8 Absurd Handouts Hiding In Trump’s Tax Bill (With David Dayen)

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🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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You’ve likely heard about the slashed health care for millions of Americans. Hospitals defunded. Massive tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans. But guess what? Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" is even more absurd (and devious) than you think. Today on Lever Time, David Sirota sits down with David Dayen of The American Prospect and The Lever’s Luke Goldstein to dig into the hidden details: How did these crazy handouts make it into the Big Beautiful Bill? What’s the larger agenda? And how is this going to affect you? Read Luke Goldstein’s reporting here. Read David Dayen's article here.As an exclusive bonus, click here to listen to an additional 35 minutes of this interview.Get Lever Time Premium, with ad-free episodes, bonus content and extended interviews by becoming a member at levernews.com/subscribeIf you’d like to leave a tip for The Lever, click the following link. It helps us do this kind of independent journalism. levernews.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:24.9	I'm David Serota.
1:26.3	You've probably already heard about all the brutal
1:29.2	budget slashing and the so-called one big beautiful bill that President Donald Trump signed into
1:34.8	law just in time for the July 4th holiday. Millions of Americans could lose their health care
1:40.4	due to cuts in Medicaid. Hospitals are being defunded. All the while, of course,
1:46.1	the wealthiest 1% of Americans will enjoy huge tax breaks. But guess what? It's more interesting
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