Congressman Massie Busts “Big Beautiful Bill” Myths
In a recent interview with The New American, Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) delivered a frank and detailed critique of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” While the bill renews key tax cuts from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Massie opposes it for being “too big”— citing more than $300 billion in new expenditures and a projected national debt surpassing $50 trillion within a decade. Despite what many jubilant Trump supporters might have thought shortly after the bill passed in the House, this is not what they voted for.
Massie, a consistent constitutionalist with a 99-percent lifetime score on The New American’s Freedom Index, pushed back on President Trump’s claim that he “doesn’t understand government.” He warned that the bill’s most promising reforms, such as work requirements for Medicaid recipients and repeal of Green New Deal provisions, are delayed until after Trump would leave office — thereby creating opportunities and incentives for future Congresses to undo or block them before they take effect.
The Kentucky congressman also took aim at House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for blocking a vote on proposed cuts of $9.4 billion in spending for USAID, NPR, and PBS, which President Trump has vigorously called for slashing.
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