Posted at Hartmann Report on Jan. 2, 2025
Why Do Republicans Hate a Prosperous Middle Class?
The real reason GOP policies target wages, unions, and public education.
Donald Trump, a billionaire himself, will soon become president with a cabinet worth at least a third of a trillion dollars. Add Musk, and you're over $800 billion in wealth held by this small handful of people.
By comparison, the entire combined net worth of Joe Biden's cabinet is $118, million. That's about one-tenth of one billion dollars: $0.118 billion. All of them, combined, including Biden himself, are worth what some of these billionaires make in a day.
To become a billionaire, generally you have to have a singular priority. One that is reflected in your work, your life, and your politics. And that priority, contrary to the poor MAGA suckers Trump and his billionaire buddies convinced to vote for him in November, has nothing to do with average Americans or the middle class.
If anything, it has to do with sucking as much wealth out of the middle class as possible to make yourself a billionaire. Just since Reagan's tax cuts, they've taken $50 trillion from us.