Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" Robs the Poor and Rewards the Rich
More Walls, A "Golden" Dome, More Weapons, Higher Deficits, Make this a Petty Ugly Bill
The “Big Beautiful Bill” passed recently by the House is petty and ugly. A sham. A reverse Robin Hood. It cuts SNAP benefits (food stamps) to the poor. It cuts Medicaid. Because who needs food and medical care, amirite? Meanwhile, it cuts taxes for the richest Americans and funds various weapons follies (a foolish and wasteful missile shield known as “Golden Dome,” more nuclear weapons, yet more billions for the wall on America’s border with Mexico). And it adds significantly to the national debt.
Remember when Republicans were once known as fiscal conservatives? Remember calls for a balanced budget? Those days are long gone. The “Big Beautiful Bill” is a fever dream, or a night terror if you prefer, of wanton and wasteful spending that rewards the already well-heeled and hurts the most vulnerable of Americans.
Trump, who is truly an expert at the craft of the con, concocts the most outrageous names to sell his BS. Thus a missile shield that may end up wasting $500 billion is a “golden dome.” Heck, the whole bill, which is contempuous toward the poor and punishing to workers organizing for higher wages, is sold as “big” and “beautiful.”
When Trump describes things as “golden” and “big” and “beautiful,” you should know to hold tightly to your wallets and purses, America, because you’re about to get scammed.
At his site, Stephen Semler has a superb chart that breaks down the petty ugly bill the House just passed. Here’s an excerpt. Read it and weep, America.
The bottom line: More money for the already affluent and for the Pentagon; less money and benefits for the poor. The rich get richer, the poor poorer, as America reinforces its turn to weapons, walls, police, domes, and warriors.
If the U.S. didn't have nuclear weapons and the world's primary reserve currency, the rest of the world would just ignore us, understanding this country is the planet's biggest insane asylum. A political class that talks about 'big beautiful bills', 'golden domes' and the rest of the gibberish is not a place run by sane adults.
As in most things, George Carlin's observation was spot on: "When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat."
And whose missiles, pray, will the GDB (Golden Dome Boondoggle) be protecting us from? Or, since the guy from the Space Force (stifling a laugh) is involved, are we worried about Romulans? A second wave of the guys from "Independence Day" who may still be working their way across the cosmos? Klaatu and Gort? I'm old and my imagination has dimmed somewhat, and that's why I ask.