One Big Beautiful Bill yields benefits

Editor,

I, and many others here on the Shore, are very excited about the many benefits for us and all Americans in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) recently passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump.

First and foremost is the provision which makes the tax cuts passed during President Trump’s first term permanent, and prevents a four trillion dollar tax increase on all Americans. That tax increase would absolutely wreck our economy (even worse than it was wrecked over the last four years).  I know that my husband and I breathed a huge sigh of relief over this.

The OBBB also eliminates taxes on overtime and tips – can you just imagine the benefit to our local hard-working employees?

Another huge benefit is that the OBBB includes the largest ever investment in the U.S. Coast Guard.  This is kind of important here in Ocean City – right?

Funds for modernization of our air traffic control system are included.  Secretary of Transportation Duffy was stunned to find out when he assumed office that, despite a huge budget presumably for that very purpose, very little was spent or accomplished in that regard over the previous four years.

I personally am thrilled about the Federal School Choice Program which will help parents who are dissatisfied with their local public schools to make another choice that works better for their families. We are blessed to have a good school system here, but that is certainly not the case everywhere.  In Baltimore, as an absolutely tragic example, a huge percentage of students cannot read or do math on grade level.  To allow this to continue is just evil.

I hope people will take the opportunity to educate themselves about these and other provisions of the OBBB and also be patient and give time for these policies to work.

Carol Frazier
Ocean Pines