What a poor excuse
The Washington Post gave a view of some of the people who voted for Donald Trump. This group of people live in New Castle, PA, a city that gave Trump the first Republican win in 70 years. WaPo spoke with one, Lori Mosura. She rides a bike to the grocery store because her Ford F-150 is in disrepair, and she can’t afford to have it fixed. She and her 17-year-old son live in a very small apartment, so small that Mosura sleeps in the dining room. Their income consists of $1,200 per month in food stamps and social security (combined). She is a former Democrat who voted for Trump because: “He is more attuned to the needs of everyone instead of just the rich. I think he knows it’s the poor people who got him elected, so I think Trump is going to do more to help us.” That is the true definition of a “pipe dream.” It is painfully clear that Mosura is just the type of person Trump could give one damn about. His first time in office, he fashioned a tax cut for the top wealthiest in the country and corporations. He plans to continue those tax cuts and has even mentioned lowering the corporate tax. How this will benefit someone like Mosura is not even questionable, it’s not feasible.
Mosura likely pays no income tax, so what Trump does with the tax rules is neither here nor there for her. Does she think Trump is just going to allocate some federal funds to dole out to the poor? Don’t count on it. In fact, he’s looking to cut many government programs, and Medicaid and other benefits for the poor are on that chopping block. Mosura makes less than $15,000 per year, so it is very likely that she is likely on Medicaid, and we know she gets food stamps. Why these people thought Donald Trump would do something to “help” them is puzzling, and them seeing it that way is a big part of the problem facing the Democratic party. As WaPo reported, 1 in 4 residents of this city live in poverty. The median income is one of the lowest in Pennsylvania, and low-income voters overall went for Trump 50% and Harris 48%. It’s funny, because listening to both of their campaign spiels, it seemed far more likely that Harris would have helped these people than Trump.
Trump’s DOGE crew wants to trim $2 trillion from the annual budget. Where do you think that trimming is going to occur? Trump is not Robin Hood. Medicaid and food stamps are on the proverbial chopping block. They are also angry with Michael Johnson because of the bipartisan bill that avoided a government shutdown because they said it included “unnecessary spending.” Even as Trump claims that streamlining the government will not impact “entitlement programs such as Social Security” (which is not an entitlement at all), we will have to wait and see what he finally does.
Shirley is a former entertainment writer and has worked in the legal field for over 25 years