These are the times that try people’s souls and tax their faith in human nature. The House of Representatives just passed President Trump’s big bad bill that awards huge tax breaks for rich people and big corporations and rips a gaping hole in the social safety net that protects the poor in bad economic times. The draconian proposal undermines the already shaky health, wealth and wellbeing of millions of struggling American families.

The MAGA endgame is to fatten up a few big bankers and billionaires, starve the growing ranks of the working poor and hope the shrinking middle class doesn’t care. Be careful what you wish for. The Republicans may get what they wants, but they risk losing control of the House after the chaos created by this massive transfer of wealth from the poor to wealthy Americans.

An April survey from health policy research group KFF indicates the overwhelming majority of people oppose the Medicaid cuts in Trump’s bill, which is incredibly titled — not making this up — the "Big Beautiful Bill Act." Just about every Democrat and four out of five independents oppose the proposal. Even most Republicans feel the cuts are a bad idea.

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