Assault on the Poor and Middle Class

Barack Obama finally weighed in on the GOP's health care plan today.  He didn't mince words -- he said it was an assault on lower and middle class Americans to benefit the rich.  Keep in mind that Barack Obama is rich.  Seriously rich.  He's written a number of books and has collected some unknown sum of money for speaking engagements.  But he still speaks his mind, no matter who he's criticizing at the moment.  Here's a link to a new story about his comments:

Barack Obama's Comments on the GOP Healthcare Proposal

Even if you don't like Barack Obama, there's something there for you. Unless you are blinded by the slogan "Make America Great Again."  In that case, you simply don't have a chance.  You fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

In case you haven't figured it out by now, there has been a theme of the Trump presidency.  His legislation and executive orders benefit rich Americans and lower and middle class Americans pay for it.  Don't tell me that making the rich richer will infuse more money into the economy and create new jobs.  It won't.  If you were alive, conscious, and aware during the Reagan years, you will remember that making the rich richer did nothing more than making the rich richer.  There were no more jobs, no more businesses, no more economic growth. The rich got richer and they kept their wealth.  They didn't spread it out to the average American through new jobs, businesses, and opportunity.  They just got richer and kept it all.  

Why can't we learn from this?  It didn't work before, so why would it work now?  Things are not different.  People are people.  They do what they do.  Everyone wants more than what they have and they don't care where it comes from as long as they get it.  

In Trump's America, people think that things will get better for them.  History says that they won't.  When you screw over the lower and middle class, the result is that the rich get richer.  And that's all.  Nothing more.  Our "leaders" tell us how great things are going to be for us, but the truth is that we end up paying more than our share in taxes and we have to work harder just to survive.  Our government is no longer in our corner.  It is there to make sure that the 1% get as much as they can from us.  When your government does this to you, then it's time for a new government.

You don't have to agree with me.  Think about it for yourself.  Work the numbers.  Are your paychecks going to be smaller?  Are you going to lose your health insurance?  Are you OK with that?  

Oh, and also work the numbers for the guy/girl down the street who makes $2 million per year. The issue isn't whether the work he/she does is worth $2 million per year.  The issue is whether he/she should pay less in taxes than you do and whether he/she should pay less for the same healthcare services than you and your kids pay. That's the issue.

Please think about it and make decisions that are right for you and your family.