Anyone who is paying attention isn’t shocked. Must say though, 1/2 a trillion is a-lot of dough considering no one is talking about reducing the Medcaid/care tax.
It will not, actually. This bill is far from budget neutral. The tax breaks for rich people are so massive that they far outweigh the big cuts to vital social programs. This bill will grow the deficit by trillions of dollars over the next decade.
Time to start blaming Gen X too. It was that group that put the felon in office when they voted for him by a 7% margin. Boomers vote (especially the at the older end of the range) was almost evenly split in 2024.
Let's always be careful to differentiate ourselves based on meaningless characteristics, like when we were born. That's nothing like differentiating based on race or gender.
The oligarchs want our attention focused on each other, not on them. Our only hope is to work across those lines.
It's okay that Trump destroys Medicare. In about two weeks he will reveal his "Trump Care" plan that he has been working on since his former time at the Whitehouse. Yep, about two weeks. /s
They're not shocked that he lied, they're shocked that he lied to them. As long as his lies only impact other people, they literally cheer and praise the lying.