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So its not revenue neutral.

Revenue neutral doesn't mean you can't increase taxes. It just means the funding isn't based on borrowing.

"Revenue neutral" just means a bill will not increase government revenues.

edit : You can downvote me all you want, it isn't going to change the definition of the term.

https://definitions.uslegal.com/r/revenue-neutral/

I suppose you may be right that revenue-neutral is not the right word, or at least people are starting to use it in a new way focusing more on debt than tax.

It is pretty clear that what Biden tweets about is the impact on debt, not taxes: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/sep/29/can-joe-biden...

or another way to put it: https://babylonbee.com/news/thief-assures-victim-the-robbery...

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