professor Yes, and insidious because those it will affect will reject the warnings come November will ignorantly say, “my Medicaid wasn’t cut”. And that will fly in the face of the campaign rhetoric. Then come January 2026 - reality bites.
Yeah, it’s intentional. This bill is not a bipartisan bill. The cuts not being implemented until after the midterms will confuse the low information voter. Which is it’s intent.
Make no mistake. This bill is a Robinhood in reverse bill. Significant cuts to Medicaid, Obamacare, and food assistance, and will do the greatest damage to those Americans struggling hardest to make ends meet – the 30% of the US population that lives in households earning under $50,000 a year. Many in rural red states. And add trillions to the debt.
While extending tax cuts to the most affluent. The disparity of wealth in this country will widen even more. Unfortunately 40 plus years of regressive tax policy with trickle down / supply side economics / redistribution of wealth to the top incomes is still with us.
You’d think the pitchforks would’ve come out by now. The mind trick has been to get people to vote against their own self interest. Not sure what will wake people up. Too much emotional / visceral thinking and not enough critical / rational thinking.
Maybe the impact of this big ugly bill. Or maybe the Gestapo like tactics of grabbing people off the street and disappearing them (with no due process) like 1930’s - 40’s Germany will wake them up.
Or maybe with the continued disinformation that will soon be on steroids with the advent of AI we’ll continue on this path of plutocracy / kleptocracy / autocracy.