Trump’s win on domestic agenda makes winners of some Minnesotans, losers of others

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump who has tried with limited success to make huge changes in federal strategy through executive power scored a huge accomplishment when Congress approved a massive budget bill that will speed his domestic agenda The decree would roll back policies implemented by former President Joe Biden aimed at fighting environment change and expanding medical care coverage for low and middle-income Americans But it would create winners too especially among the state s corporations and wealthy taxpayers Here s a breakdown of various Minnesotans who would gain or lose under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act The winners The act would make permanent trillions of dollars in corporate tax cuts enacted in during Trump s first term and expand other tax breaks for businesses The corporate tax rate would be permanently lowered to from the big businesses had to pay on their profits before Trump implemented his tax cuts during his first term Those and other business tax breaks including deductions for new machinery equipment and research and advance that were slated to expire at the end of the year are now permanent Because Trump s tax breaks are now permanent wealthy Minnesotans households earning or more a year will continue to benefit from the biggest tax break The Internal Revenue System says at least Minnesota households stated adjusted gross incomes of or more in Minnesotans who pay a lot in state income taxes and property taxes will benefit because the bill raised the cap on state and local tax SALT deductions from to The smaller cap was placed on this deduction when Trump s tax cuts went into effect in But House Republicans in swing districts in blue states with high income and property taxes sought the change and won At least temporarily Unlike the greater part of the other tax breaks which are permanent this one will expire in five years Waitresses and waiters will also benefit temporarily from an end to a few federal taxation on tips But that deduction is capped at per year and tip earners will still be required to pay Social Assurance taxes as well as state and local income tax on those earnings Also this tax break expires after three years The state s farmers will benefit from higher crop subsidies and more generous crop insurance as well as better dairy margin prices increased price protections for beet and cane sugar producers and expanded livestock loss insurance Chosen seniors will benefit from a new deduction for those who are or older However the deduction will phase out for individuals earning more than a year and fully disappear for single filers with earnings above Like chosen of the other new tax breaks this deduction will end in three years after Trump s current term in office Particular new car buyers will also benefit from the bill s provision that allows a deduction of up to a year in interest paid on qualifying auto loans But this deduction which will end after three years is only applicable to new cars assembled in the United States a limitation that manufacturers say would exclude a multitude of popular imports Minnesota s defense contractors are also winners as the budget act boosts defense spending by billion with much of the funding going to new weapons systems made by major contractors The losers The state s Medicaid recipients would be required beginning in December of to meet new requirements that they work scrutiny or volunteer at least hours a month Majority of Medicaid recipients already work but the red tape associated with this requirement and other new reporting requirements is expected to consequence in the end of coverage for millions of individuals who qualify for this joint federal-state initiative for low-income people known as Medicaid Assistance in Minnesota Hospitals and healthcare clinics especially those in rural areas that heavily depend on Medicaid patients would also be losers The approximately Minnesotans who purchase their strength care through MNsure and are helped by Biden s expansion of Affordable Care Act subsidies would also lose that help as the Trump budget bill ends those subsidies effective at the end of this year Low-income families and individuals who are dependent on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Project SNAP the official name for food stamps would also be adversely affected Beneficiaries will now be subject to work requirements until they are years old and starting in states will be required to pay a portion of food benefit costs which are now fully paid by the federal administration States will also have the money the federal ruling body pays them to run the campaign slashed in half According to a Yale Budget Lab analysis cuts to Medicaid and food stamps both of which benefit low-income Americans will cost the bottom of taxpayers a year The big beautiful act would also take away benefits and relief from current trainee loan borrowers and college-bound families The new law will phase out majority of current income-driven aspirant loan repayment plans by July New borrowers who take out any federal candidate loans starting in July would have only two repayment plan options a Standard plan on a -to- -year term or the RAP plan which requires a -year repayment period before borrowers qualify for trainee loan forgiveness Homeowners who want to convert their homes to solar power and make use of energy-efficient hardware will lose their Biden-era tax credits So would owners of certain electric vehicles who are now eligible for a tax credit Owners of electric cars will also suffer from the end of Biden s incentives to establish new electric bicycle charging stations across the nation Minnesota s green resource industry would also take a hit with the end of Biden tax credits aimed at fighting setting change Those green investments have brought Minnesota about billion The nation s immigrants both undocumented and legal residents will perhaps feel the biggest impact from the Trump budget Access to particular strength benefits will be limited for green card holders who will also face new taxes on money they send to family overseas The budget will greatly expand Trump administration deportation efforts by boosting spending on confines protection by billion with billion earmarked for new detention centers and billion for a territory line wall Trump once insisted would be paid for by Mexico Another billion is set aside to reimburse states for immigration enforcement and cooperation Car buyers home purchasers and other consumers will also be hurt by the likelihood of higher interest rates because the budget act has raised the nation s debt ceiling by trillion and the national debt by trillion Businesses seeking to raise capital will also be affected because the increase in the national debt will force the United States to pay higher interest on Treasury bonds notes and bills resulting in higher interest rates for consumer and business loans The post Trump s win on domestic agenda 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