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It's not about politics; it's about ideology. They want poor(er) people to hurt, so that rich people can have more. It really is as simple as that.

• qcnguy 10mo ago
  It's not about ideology, ffs get a grip. The US is bleeding out because its government spends so much more than its society can generate via taxes. Its has a debt of 38 trillion dollars. The subsidies were adding to that. People who say "we'd like to give you free money but can't afford it" aren't motivated by ideology, they're motivated by the money not being there. Borrowing just delays the inevitable and makes it worse - it's literally stealing from children and it doesn't fix anything. There are ways to fix US healthcare but adding ever more debt won't do it.
  • danaris 10mo ago
    Whether or not that's true economically, the idea that what Trump is doing will affect that in any positive way is, at this point, not merely ludicrous, but actively in denial of reality. He is blatantly cutting spending on the many in order to give more to the wealthy few. Especially himself.
• gruez 10mo ago
  >They want poor(er) people to hurt, so that rich people can have more. It really is as simple as that. What about rest of Trump's policies? Are tariffs also a "so that rich people can have more" policy, contrary to the "globalization only benefit the rich" rhetoric of the 2000s?
  • danaris 10mo ago
    No: they're based on a specific set of lies he was sold back in the 1980s. There's a particular guy (I'm afraid I don't recall his name) who has been banging the tariff drum and claiming that they're some kind of economic panacea, and he apparently caught Trump at a very pliant time. (I've tried to find who it was again, but it's hard to search for simply "who convinced Trump that tariffs are a good idea?")