> taxation time bombs where rules have expiration dates or delayed starts several years in the future.
  > ...
  > Unless the bomb is hopefully retroactively cancelled, like happened now.

this is by design: the opposition usually get into power in midterms and next presidency can swap parties, so if there is a bad provision its moved out to "explode" when they aren't in power and hurt the oppositions continuing chances

as an example, the cuts to medicade don't start until right after the next midterms (which most are expecting to strongly favor democrats) [0]

[0] https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/05/27/medicaid-and-chip-cuts...