US Politics
The Arizona Budget Deal: A Pyrrhic Victory for Bipartisanship and a Defeat for Human Dignity
Arizona's Republican-led legislature and Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs have reached an $18.3 billion bipartisan budget deal, averting a government shutdown and adopting Trump-era federal tax cuts at the state level. This eleventh-hour compromise, while securing a moratorium on certain corporate tax breaks, sadly institutionalizes policies that undermine social safety nets and prioritizes ideological tax cuts over the foundational needs of struggling families, betraying a core promise of governance.
