Elon Musk bought his way into our government by spending $290 million on Trump’s reelection campaign. Musk’s businesses have received $38 billion in government contracts, loans, and tax credits. Now this South African immigrant is working to steal more from ordinary Americans.
Musk plans to defraud our veterans by cutting 80,000 jobs from the VA. He’s threatening to eliminate Medicaid, withdrawing healthcare from 72 million needy Americans. He’s plotting cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
Before the election, Trump promised to “end inflation on day one.” Instead, prices have risen. He now says “a recession might be worth it” as he destroys our economy with tariffs.
Why does Trump love tariffs? Two reasons:
The first is that progressive income tax imposes more taxes on the wealthy. Tariffs are essentially taxes on the poor and middle class. Trump wants to extend his tax cuts for the rich by imposing taxes on the rest of us.
Secondly, Trump wants to run our country like a mob boss. If he inflicts pain on all businesses, he can then accept bribes from those seeking an exemption from his tariffs.
Trump brought in Musk, not to eliminate waste and fraud, but to transfer the nation’s wealth from the poor and middle class to the billionaires.
How can we stop this? Call your senators and representatives every day. Tell your friends how Musk is stealing from them. Pro-democracy demonstrations are springing up around the world.
Join a local protest. It’s actually a lot of fun.
Philip Riffe
Hesperus CO