So the year is officially half over.
Which is to say that Americans just got fucked in record time.
This country is adding trillions of dollars to the national debt while slashing benefits for average Americans all so 60% of the resulting tax cuts are going to the top 20% of the wealthiest Americans.
Typical.
I get how the math isn't understandable by most people. Math is hard. Fooling people about the math is easy.
But how is it that people don't understand that preventative health care for all Americans is in everybody's best interest? If people can't afford to go to doctors when problems are small and can be resolved relatively cheaply, then they wait until health problems are very large and incredibly expensive. Then they can't afford to pay. So they don't. But that money has to come from somewhere. Which is to say that we all end up paying far more for their care than we would have if they had gotten early treatment... whether it's via our taxes, higher insurance premiums, higher doctor costs, or whatever, WE pay for it! This is a simple concept that people are apparently too fucking stupid to understand.
The politicians supporting this shit understand it all very well... they just don't give a fuck if people get sick and die. And they also don't give a fuck if American taxpayers end up paying more money... just so long as their wealthy owners don't end up paying for it. Which they won't, because the vast majority of the tax cuts are going to them.
It's a horrific situation we're all being put in.
For example...
I really hope that nobody out there has a parent with dementia.
When I did, there was insurance and options for veterans available and it still wasn't enough. I took out a loan for my mom's care... but, even so, without Medicaid to help cover some of the costs, I have no fucking clue what I would have done after she got to the point she had to be put in a facility. Medicaid is a safety net that we all pay into so that if tragedy strikes, we can get care. And without that safety net, what happens?
This Big Pile of Shit Bill is going to fuck over so many people. And most of them don't even know it yet.
All because the millionaires and billionaires who own our fucking politicians want even more of our money and don't want to pay their fair share.
I kept my mom with me even after her doctor said she needed to have professional help. Because I thought it would be better for her than sending her to go live with strangers. I was wrong. There's a point where a dementia patient requires specialized round-the-clock care which I wasn't equipped to provide. But now people will likely be forced into this situation anyway because assholes somehow get elected who don't give a fuck about the people they represent. So everybody loses. Except millionaires and billionaires, who always win even when they lose because the system is set up to always, always, always benefit them.
I cannot fathom what this disgusting, cruel, and utterly vile bill is going to do to the future of this country. The things we will lose are not something you can bring back by snapping your fingers. The sad truth is that even if everybody wakes the fuck up and puts a stop to this senseless destruction, it could take decades to undo the damage. If it can be undone at all. We're going to be paying more for less for a very long time.
But, hey, those toilets on billionaire's jets aren't going to gold-plate themselves! People losing Medicaid and dying is apparently a small price to pay so they can live the excessive lifestyle we provide to them.
Or so we're being told.
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Many of us knew this was all going to happen. As to how quickly it happened, that is something that the same many of us were taken by surprise. I thought many 2 years into the Orange Felon’s 2nd term.
When it comes to “ The politicians supporting this shit understand it all very well,” I’m not sure I believe it. For veteran politicians, yes. They know they have to read it or they have trustworthy people read and summarize it for them. But newer politicians? The ones that have ridden the coattails of certain other politicians to gain influence and power? I’m not sure they understand anything other than riling up the masses. I’m nit Even convinced they all can read at all. Nor do I believe they hire staff that are reliable enough to do the work for them. We already have had several members of Congress admit that they didn’t know about certain things being voted on because they didn’t bother to read bills laid before them. So, these days, no, I don’t trust them to know. Yet they determine everything for us.
I wish I could not believe it… then I would have the luxury of thinking that some of these people are merely ignorant instead of total monsters. Except I can’t not believe it. There are lengthy discussions about these topics as the legislation is debated. Reporters ask questions. They are challenged by opposition. Yes, this was a huge bill and there were certainly finer points that never made it to discussion and could get overlooked because they never read it… but the big stuff is talked about around them. They just choose to do what their wealthy owners ask of them, what their leader tells them, and what they think will give them the best chance of staying elected with their base. And yet they determine everything for us.