“The Republican legislation instituted a set of tax cuts that Trump believes to be the formula for rapid economic expansion. But they will primarily benefit the wealthy, and the bill was financed by cuts to federal safety-net programs, while adding more than $3 trillion to the national debt. Democratic groups plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars arguing that the bill rewarded wealthy donors and failed to address inflation…”
— “What the Next Phase of Trump’s Presidency Will Look Like,” The Atlantic
Maybe the Democrats should think about injecting those hundreds of millions of dollars into the charitable organizations that will try to support those left behind by the cuts to the federal safety-nets, instead of contributing those dollars to the profits shared by America’s media executives, which only benefits the wealthy.
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