Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again. So today, we're going to talk about

Republicans versus Republicans. A three-faction dispute is growing over the tax cuts. Back in 2017,

Trump got a tax cut package through. The expiration date on the cuts is 2025. It's strange

that it was said to expire then, right? Right after he would have finished up his second term

if he had been re-elected in 2020. But now, he's entering his second term in 2025, which means

if they aren't extended, he'll

be presiding over a tax hike.

If this was set as a trap for a future president, Trump walked into it himself.

Well, Republicans in the Congress are giving him a headache.

Extending the cut would add about $4.6 trillion to the deficit,

according to the Congressional Budget Office. Given all the campaigning and rhetoric about

deficits and the debt, some Republicans believe the rhetoric and don't want to add to the deficit.

Others are trying to figure out how to get

the cuts extended to appease Trump. Still others have taken the stance of extending the tax cuts

and trying to pass some of Trump's campaign promises related to taxes. Representative Chip Roy

said, quote,

We should be mindful of making sure that there are corresponding cuts or corresponding tax changes to make sure that we are deficit neutral.

It seems incredibly unlikely that Republicans are capable of finding a way to offset the trillions of dollars the Congressional Budget Office says the extensions will cost.

That means Trump would again be running deficits and adding more to the national debt.

Rather than finding a way to pay for the cuts, Republicans are likely to lean into alternative

ways of doing the math, and attempting to cast doubt on the nonpartisan Congressional Budget

Office.

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