Tomorrow, on Independence Day, Donald Trump will sign his massive Robin Hood-in-Reverse bill that robs the poorest people in our country to help Finance massive tax breaks for the wealthiest among us. In other words, many MAGA cult members will get screwed.
Does that sound like what our forefathers envisioned when they formed this not-so-perfect union and drafted our Constitution? I don’t think so.
But then again, Trump and his MAGA cohorts have little regard for the Constitution, seeking to bend the rules to suit their own end. Fortunately, efforts to weaken enforcement of judicial rulings were pulled from the bill in the Senate, which also eliminated a provision restricting state-level AI safeguard in elections.
Contrary to some published reports, the bill did not include provisions that would allow Trump to cancel or reschedule elections. Election timing is set by an 1845 federal law, and the constitution would require a full amendment before any president could unilaterally cancel or postpone an election.
However, the 887-page package extends Trump’s 2017 tax cuts that largely benefit the wealthy, while temporarily slashing taxes on tips and overtime pay — a slight nod to working people. It includes hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending on the military and to carry out Trump’s mass deportation plans. And it partially pays for all that with an estimated $930 billion in spending reductions under Medicaid, violating Trump’s promise not to cut the program.
The bill slashes more than $700 billion from Medicaid over 10 years. The CBO estimates this will reduce Medicaid enrollment by ~10 million people and leave 7.8 million more uninsured by 2034 from Medicaid cuts alone.
The bill rolls back enhanced premium tax credits, eventually reducing federal support—leading to 3.1 million additional uninsured by 2034 due to the ACA changes.
It codifies Trump-era marketplace rules: a shorter open enrollment period, stricter documentation and income verification, and tighter immigrant eligibility. The CBO estimates these changes alone will result in 1.8 million more uninsured.
Combined effects (Medicaid + marketplace + mandate changes) could mean 16 million more uninsured by 2034, including 11–12 million uninsured soon after enactment.
In reality, the bill is projected to increase the national debt by $3.3 trillion over a decade, with the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office finding that the revenue losses of $4.5 trillion outstrip the spending cuts of $1.2 trillion. The bill also increases the debt ceiling by $5 trillion.
So on Independence Day, Trump will sign the bill with much fanfare, and Republican politicians across the country will participate in celebratory events that will be attended, and probably applauded, by lots of MAGA cult members, many of whom do not realize that they will lose their healthcare benefits through Medicaid or Obamacare.
Not if you’re among the millions who get shafted under Trump’s horrendous bill. Sure, you won’t have to pay taxes on your tips or your overtime pay, but just wait until you or a Family member gets sick and you need your Medicaid coverage — and it’s not there.
You can thank your hero Donald J. Trump and his suck-up cronies for that.
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