Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is big all right but its beauty lies only in the eyes of America’s wealthiest while yanking life-sustaining benefits from the very ones who voted en masse to reinstall Tub-A-Lardo in the Oval Office.
Click HERE to see just how the bill is so heavily-weighted in favor of the rich and to the detriment of lower income Americans.
Bringing it closer to home, the cuts to Medicaid will be a direct hit to Louisiana.
Cancer alley? Fuggetaboutit. Cuts to CANCER RESEARCH will affect cancer research and eliminate hundreds of jobs in the process. Universities likewise will feel the pinch of reduced grant funding for research.
The most sinister provision of the “big, beautiful bill,” hidden deep into the document is one that would limit the ability of courts – including the U.S. Supreme Court – from having any ENFORCEMENT TEETH. That would allow Trump to ignore court orders with impunity and would gut the very premise of the system of checks and balances that was established by the founding fathers 250 years ago.
Worse, it would completely remove what little guardrails still exist to prevent Trump from becoming what he so desires: a dictator with unquestionable authority.
The bill, which now goes to the Senate, barely passed the House by a single vote, 215-214.
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is big all right but its beauty lies only in the eyes of America’s wealthiest while yanking life-sustaining benefits from the very ones who voted en masse to reinstall Tub-A-Lardo in the Oval Office.
The bill, which now goes to the Senate, barely passed the House by a single vote, 215-214.
Guess who among the six Louisiana representatives voted for the bill. A hint: EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN. Steve KKK Scalise, Clay “Cajun John Wayne” Higgins, Mike “I have a porn app on my phone” Johnson and Julia “I’m running for the Senate” Letlow.
Line up, march in lockstep to the Kool-Aid dispenser. That’s the mantra of the four Louisiana Republicans.
Voters would do well to remember that for the 2026 mid-terms. These are not people who have the interests of Louisianans at heart.
These are people whose first – and only – priority is to get themselves reelected.
These are egomaniacs bent on doing whatever it takes to stay in office, including undermining the interests of their constituents.
They are there to serve – themselves. Period.
And you can bet that when the Senate votes on this bill, Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Neely Kennedy will fall right in line and vote for it. They will not, under any circumstances, cross the boss, der Führer.
Fiscal responsibility? That’s been the theme of the Republican Party for years. Yet, this big, beautiful bill would raise the nation’s debt ceiling by $4 trillion (with a T). That’s on top of the $8 trillion increase during his first term. Fiscal responsibility? That’s a myth with the Republicans.
I would suggest you go online and read the bill. But the thing is 1,000 pages. No one is going to take the time to read all that – and they really don’t want you to.. In fact, I’d bet there are precious few members of Congress who have actually read it. They don’t need to – if Trump wants them to vote for it, that’s all that matters. Repeat: That’s all that matters.
Here’s something else to think about when your benefits are cut, when your health insurance companies start denying claims, when Trump’s tariffs kick in and housing, cars, computers, fruit, clothing and other imported consumer products increase in price but your salary does not, just think about whom you voted for.
When you see a $252,000 tax cut for the richest Americans, you can take comfort in the knowledge that the poorest among us will realize a tax reduction of $70. Middle-income Americans will realize tax breaks ranging from $2,000 to $4,000. Nice, but a far cry from $252,000 for the richest or even $61,000 for the top 1 percent. And that $70 tax break? It’ll be more than offset by thousands of dollars in increased medical costs that will no longer be covered.
And when all that happens – and it surely will if this bill passes – you won’t have Joe Biden to blame.
(Editor’s note: an earlier version of this post had it in triplicate because of technical problems with WordPress. I apologize for the confusion.)
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When all this happens, trust me, they—that is, all his sycophants—will find a way to blame Biden. Ignorance is bliss.
While I, sadly, expected all the cuts and tax breaks for the rich that Republicans approved in this bill, I was not expecting that little tiny part hidden in the 1000 pages that would allow Trump to do whatever he wants with NO consequences. This was put in under cover of darkness and secrecy and NO ONE said anything. Deceitful!!!!! The ramifications of this are far-reaching and change the country in ways we don’t even understand. As you said, I feel sure most of those in the House never read the bill – they just voted with Trump because he’s the boss and they wanted to go home. CJG is correct. It won’t be Trump’s or Republicans’ fault. I hope to goodness voters will remember this in 2026. I will.