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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, the only thing the deplorables have done with total power is stiff the working class.
and take away their health insurance again.
And put money in their own pockets.
In one bill.
Now, on to hurt old people and the disabled.
Skippy. /sarcasm off
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)...the republicans have kept the public's attention systematically diverted from the heinous & despicable BETRAYAL of America by the treasonous, lying, cheating republican Comrade Casino* and his cabal of republican & russian cronies. So that's another thing the republicans have done with total power.
* republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief
Vinca
(50,302 posts)Somehow Obama is still making their lives miserable.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Although authoritarian conservativism, fascism, and religious extremism are allied forces and expressed in this, the "ideology" driving economic policies is strongly libertarian.
Many of the dark-money donors are, or style themselves as, libertarian, and they are driving this.
For true libertarians, the #1 moral (for everyone) is individual liberty. It is so strong that for some nothing else on their list comes close in importance.
Psychologists have found that, unlike liberals and conservatives, libertarians are lacking in altruism, a sense of duty toward others. They think it's misguided and leads to weakness in person and society. And they're right to some degree. Without spreading the costs of healthcare as we currently do, the current epidemics of kidney, heart, and diabetic disease would have been self limiting. I.e., when people could no longer pay for their own healthcare, they would die and thus encourage others to amend their lifestyles, leading to a happier, healthier, and more prosperous America. Same for genetic disorders. A medical "cleansing" of society.
For an example of how their thinking lead to this tax bill as a start: Mandatory taxation to pay for government programs like Social Security is a complete violation of personal liberty.
Of course, many who claim to be libertarians are greedy phonies, only pretending this ruthless dismantling has anything to do with morality and the good of society. I believe Paul Ryan is the real thing, and suspect the Kochs he's allied with probably are not, likely authoritarian conservatives like their fascist leaning Bircher father.
chaking53
(76 posts)writerJT
(190 posts)Unreal.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)Most people will get small tax cuts. Trumpsters will be happy. They do not understand that the huge cuts for the rich will increase mortgage rates as deficits grow, they will not see the link to reduced farm subsidies, they will not see the links to less of many programs which make their lives better.
LiberalBrooke
(527 posts)and will keep voting against their own interests.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)voting against their own interests in good times and bad. Brainwashed and willfully ignorant, bad combo.
C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)We see you, assholes.