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On the most recent, Politics Done Right show, on the Pacifica Network's KPFT 90.1, FM Houston, I had a rant on the Trump/GOP tax cut scam that I believe makes a good template for "informing" any poor or middle-class Trump supporter that they've been had. Will it work?
https://egbertowillies.com/2018/06/24/explain-tax-cut-scam-right-wing-friend/
pangaia
(24,324 posts)But, how the hell will the morons understand it? Even if they take the time to sit and listen to it?
It's a conundrum to me.. HOW to tell people what is going on in simple 1 sentence statements that will get through their ossified brains..... ?
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)To cover up the loss in money held and spent by the government, the Trump administration will sell public lands and sell rights to mine, etc. on public lands. That land is part of our national treasure. We won't be getting it back without paying more for it than we get for it when we sell it.
In addition, we who work pay into Social Security and other funds during our working lives that we rely on to pay the basic bills (and for each of us, our share is barely enough to pay our most essential bills and healthcare costs) when we grow old. The federal government borrows some of the extra money we put into Social Security when we were young and now if we are still young.
When the Republicans passed the tax cuts, they gave away to the very rich some of the money that was to be used to pay back the Social Security fund for the money they borrowed. This is fiscal irresponsibility.
And on top of that, Trump is imposing tariffs that will raise the prices here on many items that we all of us buy. The poorest among us is most likely to buy in the cheap stores that sell a lot of imports. The prices on those cheap items will gradually rise to cover the cost of the import tariffs.
It's precisely the Trump voters who will feel the pinch the hardest in my view.
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)Trump's believers hatred of the poor and racial minorities. I would hope it would open their eyes but I am sadly skeptical...
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Very helpful.