FITSForum: For Too Long, Washington Forgot About Hard-Working Americans

Trump has never cared about working-class people. He considers them serfs. He would not let a working-class American set foot in Trump Tower or Mar-a-Lago, except as a repair person or servant.

The GOP has done nothing for working-class families since Trump took office. For every dollar they purport to have given with one hand, they have taken away more with the other. The Child Care Credit is way below what Democrats wanted and inadequate for working families. As for Social Security, the Social Security reserve is going to run out in 7 years. Neither Trump nor his GOP cohorts have proposed anything to fix this, other than to cut the benefits of working-class Americans. If this is not fixed, working-class Americans will see their SS check drop by 20%. The majority of Americans don’t pay significant taxes on Social Security, and do not benefit from tax reductions on Social Security. But they sure as hell will understand a 20% pay cut. Of course, as the social security crisis looms, stone cold silence from Trump, and stone-cold silence from Republicans. You guys have been trying to kill Social Security for decades. Its the most beneficial program for the working-class American in history, but Trump does not care about these people. They will never see the inside of the billionaire party room he is building onto the “People’s House” or get to attend his morally bankrupt Great Gatsby parties in Palm Beach.

Republicans blocked the tax credits associated with the affordable care act to expire, and have provided nothing, zip, zero in replacement. Once again, this hurts, you got it, working-class Americans. Republicans have had decades to come up with alternatives, and they have offered nothing. So now, working-class Americans are seeing the cost of health care go through the roof, as their insurance premiums soar, and insurance executives see their multi-million dollar bonuses go through the roof. But Trump does not care if the serfs pay more for health care.

And talk about groceries, housing, cars, car repairs, etc, etc. All are up. In large part due to Trump’s illegal tariffs. Again, working-class Americans foot the bill. But we are not stupid. We know we are paying more. Inflation last quarter was 2.9%+ year over year. When Trump took office, it was 3.0% year over year. Less than a one-tenth of one percent reduction. Meaningless to working-class Americans.

Republicans care about two things: protecting billionaire tax cuts and hiding the Epstein files. Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay a lower percentage of their income in taxes than Americans making 75 to 80k a year. But hey, they are the Don’s buddies. Of all the tax cuts since Republicans took office, 95% went to the richest 10% of Americans, leaving the remaining 90% to divvy up the rest. Does not sound like working class help to me. We all know we are worse off than we were a year ago. You guys can lie all you want. It’s what Trump does best. But everyone except the MAGA cult is not buying it anymore. Seniors are choosing between food and drugs, farmers are going bankrupt, and job openings are falling. Trump and the Republicans will do nothing for average Americans except screw them over. They just want to dupe them into believing otherwise or distract them with culture wars.

As for my partisan leanings, I am an independent. Always have been, always will be. So not a Democrat, just a realist.