Trump’s Spending Bill:
Great for the Rich, Terrible for the People
Lincoln said that the nation was “of the people, by the people, and for the people.“
Trump is making it “of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich.”
- Cut Medicare by an estimated $500 billion.
- Cut Medicaid coverage so that at least 8.6 million Americans are expected to lose coverage,
- Add unnecessary debt of $3,8 trillion that would make the rich still richer and the people would have to pay.
We must not submit to it!
If we do, his next one will be even worse for the people,
Trump believes that taxes and the government should be minimized. That belief is based on the rights and interests of individual people and corporations.
That belief is absolutely false. Individuals are not equal. The rich and powerful people and corporations must be prevented from harming the planet and the people and they must contribute to the common good. No [individual] is an island. We have to look past individuals to the big picture.
For the government to work well, sufficient taxes and regulations are absolutely essential.
Government should raise enough in taxes to fix the problems of the people and the nation that individuals can’t fix by themselves.
By international standards, our taxes are quite low and our national happiness is not good. The nation is extremely wealthy and has no need to have inferior social programs.
Trump’s a perp in history’s biggest scam by far. Our government diverted $50 trillion from the working class to the rich. Half the people have only 2.5% of the nation’s wealth. The American Dream is all but dead.
His continuing tax policy, tariffs, trade war, and budget cuts are making the situation still worse.
If we the people all understood that, hundreds of millions of us would be furious. We’d be messaging Congress by the millions.
Messages for Congress
- Remove Trump from office ASAP
- Reject the House spending bill
- Restore pre-Reagan income tax codes
- Levy a progressive wealth tax
- Enforce the 20th century protections for working class wealth
- Develop 21st century social programs
We could use the money to improve access to health care and education, fight climate change, increase social security, build infrastructure, support public health, FAA, NOAA, NASA, USAID, medical research, and pure science.
If there’s inefficiency, waste, or corruption we should deal with it on an individual basis and not risk throwing out the baby with the bathwater.