Congratulations, Trump voters. You just played yourselves in the most spectacular act of economic suicide in American political history.
The Senate Republican domestic policy package that passed this week is your reward for all that loyalty. While you were busy cheering at rallies and posting memes about owning the libs, you were actually voting to rob yourselves blind. The legislation you helped make possible will rip $560 a year right out of your pockets by 2034, while your wealthy overlords pocket an average of $118,000 each. You traded your food stamps for billionaire tax cuts. Say buh bye to your Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and Mountain Dew.
Let's talk numbers, because apparently you didn't bother to read the fine print before you signed your own economic death certificate. If you're making $35,000 or less, you get a pathetic $150 tax cut. Meanwhile, someone pulling in $217,000 gets $12,500. You got played for spare change while the rich get another yacht payment.
Here's the irony that would be hilarious if it weren't so tragic: 46% of you earning $30,000 or less voted for Trump. You're literally the people this bill is designed to screw over, and you asked for it. You went to the Trump version of a Diddy Freak Off! Trump won 63% of counties where people depend on government transfers for at least a quarter of their income. You live in economically devastated areas, rely on federal programs to survive, and then vote for the party whose entire platform is eliminating those programs.
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