We've seen a lot of pixels spilled over the "Big, Beautiful Bill" now struggling through Congress. My friend and colleague Susie Moore has been keeping us up to date on its progress and, recently, its lack of progress.

While all that is going on, though, it's worth taking a moment to look at what all is in that bill. On Friday, the White House emailed out a press release with some details - some big, beautiful details. Here are some highlights.

1. It’s the largest tax cut in American history.

• It delivers PERMANENT tax cuts and bigger paychecks. This means an extra $5,000 in Americans’ pockets with a DOUBLE-DIGIT percent DECREASE to their tax bills. Americans earning between $30,000 and $80,000 will pay around 15% less in taxes.
• It includes NO TAX ON TIPS and NO TAX ON OVERTIME. This makes good on two of President Trump’s cornerstone campaign promises and benefits hardworking Americans where they need it the most — their paychecks.
• It provides historic tax relief to Social Security recipients. It slashes taxes on seniors’ Social Security benefits.

We should note that in affairs of politics, nothing is permanent. But encoding the Trump tax cuts into law with no expiration date is worth doing. Any future Democrat-controlled Congress could otherwise simply refuse to bring a renewal or extension up for a vote, enacting a de facto tax hike. But with this bill passed and signed into law, that means that any future Congress could not erase it by inaction; they would have to bring it up for debate, for a vote, and they would each have to go on the record, with all that entails.

2. It protects Medicaid for Americans by removing 1.4 million illegals.

• It kicks illegal immigrants off taxpayer-funded Medicaid benefits. This bill eliminates waste, fraud, and abuse by ending benefits for at least 1.4 million illegal immigrants who are gaming the system.

This is long overdue. Illegal aliens must be afforded no government benefits other than immediate life-saving emergency medical care. We are not savages, after all.

3. It makes President Trump’s border security permanent.

• It funds President Trump’s border wall. As a result, 701 miles of primary wall, 900 miles of river barriers, 629 miles of secondary barriers, and 141 miles of vehicle and pedestrian barriers will be constructed — along with cutting-edge technology that will secure our homeland for generations to come.
• It boosts Border Patrol and ICE agents on the frontlines. It will empower border officials with adequate resources to finally carry out their core mission by funding at least one million annual removals and hiring 10,000 new ICE personnel, 5,000 new customs officers, and 3,000 new Border Patrol agents.

Again, nothing in this world is permanent; neither a leaf nor a tree, nor a presidential administration policy, nor an act of Congress. But as with the tax cuts, this legislation would make it harder for a future, illegal alien-friendly Congress to undo. Democrats will, presumably, overcome their current insanity and find more mainstream candidates they can get elected; if there's one thing we can count on, it is that this pendulum will never stop swinging.

4. It finally modernizes air traffic control.

• It fulfills President Trump’s plan to completely overhaul the systems that keep Americans flying safely and efficiently. This will allow President Trump to update our air traffic control systems and act where the Biden Administration failed (despite repeated warnings).

Now this is a bigger issue than one might think. Millions fly the friendly skies in the United States every year, and several recent, high-profile incidents have shown us precisely how bad our air traffic system is. This is also a legitimate role for the federal government, as it's a nation-spanning function, and what's more, the Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy seems the right guy to get it done.

5. It ends taxpayer-funded sex changes for minors.

• The One, Big, Beautiful Bill restores sanity to government. It prohibits Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures for minors.

It would be best to see sex changes for minors proscribed completely; it's a major violation of the medical ethics principle primum non nocere, as well as not recognizing that minors cannot give fully informed consent. But at the very least, the taxpayers shouldn't be on the hook for this, for anyone, minors or otherwise.

Previously on RedState: Breaking: House Budget Committee Fails to Advance Reconciliation Bill (Updated)

'Thanks for Playing': Ways and Means Clears Key Hurdle for Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'

These are the high-profile items; it's not just a big, beautiful bill, after all; it's an enormous, beautiful bill. There may well still be some tweaking around the edges, as is so often the case in these matters. But it's a safe bet that it will eventually pass. And you can rest assured that when it does, we will be Johnny-on-the-spot to inform you as to what's in the final version.

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