The Big Beautiful Scam

Dear Editor,

It sounds crazy, but imagine that a president and his party in Congress (call them “the Scammers”) support a massive transfer of federal funds from life-saving health care and food assistance to needy Americans, including children and the disabled, to the richest people in the country, plus a massive increase in the national debt.  

Suppose the Scammers’ plan would:

Increase the federal debt by $3.8 trillion dollars and double interest costs between 2024 and 2034 to $1.8 trillion;

Reduce health care for the neediest Americans by $698 billion, with 8.6 million people losing health insurance (including 200,000 Georgians), 22,000 deaths and nearly 100 rural hospitals being closed;

Decrease the household resources of the bottom ten percent of Americans by 4 percent and increase household resources of the wealthiest ten percent by 2 percent by 2033;

Give the top 1% of earners a gain of $390,000 per year;

With benefits cuts and tax cuts, cause those earning between $17k and $51k to lose about $700 a year;

Pay $1.1 trillion in tax cuts to people with income over $500,000, in part by cutting $268 billion from food assistance to needy Americans;

Then imagine that Congressman Mike Collins enthusiastically supports this massive transfer of wealth from the poorest to the wealthiest Americans.

Actually, you don’t have to imagine it.

This is the “big beautiful bill” endorsed by President Trump and passed by the House Republicans with the full-throated support of “our” Congressman Mike Collins.

So, who do you think Congressman Mike Collins actually represents?

Bruce Menke

Athens