Welcome to MAGAmerica: Senate Passes Trump's Big Blatant Betrayal
Working-Class Americans (especially those under age 40) are being forced to sacrifice our social safety net to benefit billionaires.
Donald Trump told the American people he wouldn’t touch Medicaid. He said it over and over.
An hour ago, his coalition passed a bill that cuts $1 trillion from it. The word “treason” comes to mind, but that’s not my call to make.
A quick overview of the bill’s features:
12 million Americans lose healthcare over the next 10 years
Tax cuts largely benefit the wealthiest Americans
The SNAP program, currently serving 40 million Americans, will be cut by about 20%
Eliminates policies that support clean energy AND imposes new tax on clean energy
Eliminates fee associated with firearm purchases to the tune of $1.7 billion
^^^Gathered from NYT’s The Morning Newsletter, July 1 2025
As Victor Balfour (global investment strategist with Rothschild & Co) states, “…many of the proposals are overwhelmingly regressive (that is, they favour the better off).” He’s not the only one saying it, either; Romina Boccia, Director of Budget & Entitlement Policy for the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute, says “Congress is loading up on dessert while leaving the broccoli to the side to potentially end up in the trash. Especially egregious is the expanded senior tax deduction in 2026 - a blatant vote-buying effort to benefit an electorally powerful group, who already receive 40 cents of every federal dollar on top of holding most of the nation’s wealth.”
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS.
For everything this bill is about to strip from regular, working Americans, it does not balance the budget. Kelsey Snell and Elena Moore of NPR point out: “The Senate is proposing raising the nation’s debt limit by $5 trillion, a sizable increase compared to the House Bill, which agreed to $4 trillion.”
Republicans are, quite literally, borrowing money from our future to cut taxes for seniors (who already have most of the money), not because the seniors need it, but so they’ll win more elections. They’re putting a $25 billion down payment on a golden dome that most of them won’t live to see completed, and adding it to the tab for US to pay later.
Working-Class MAGA Voters Have Been Thrown Under The Bus for Trump’s Billionaire Buddies
An end to forever wars? Nope, he bombed Iran.
They’re only going after the criminals? Blatant lies.
He’s under threat by activist judges? No, he’s issuing unconstitutional orders.
Don’t tread on me? He’s sending the military into states without an invitation.
No cuts to Medicaid? $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid.
No more weaponization of government? This is the most weaponized government we’ve ever seen.