Trump and his failed soon to be cancelled reality TV show trying to masquerade as a government are about to milk the 250th celebration of our independence from another oppressive government for all it’s worth. Remember that 18th century British Royal Buffoonery that taxed our colonies, coming and going, for every ship’s cargo sailing across the Atlantic? Damn right we threw their tea and taxes overboard, and should do the same with Trump and his taxes at the polls in 2026!
Having scraped and saved my way to the middle class, at least before Trump’s taxes and tariffs, I just looked through the NYTime’s analysis of the bill and it won’t save me much, and I sure as hell know Trump’s new tariffs will take back that and more. For example, 80 odd days into Trump’s “90 trade treaties in 90 days” blunder he’s made maybe 3, and one is with Great Britain. And just like the 1700s, Britain screwed Trump and us over… Say you’re restoring a classic Land Rover or other British car, and find under that timeless aluminum body a rusted out steel frame. Fortunately while the British auto industry barely survives, most of the suppliers are still around and will be happy to supply a replacement frame, and galvanized to boot! But after giving you maybe a few bucks cut on your taxes, Trump’s 25% tariff on British auto parts will add thousands of $$$ to the cost of your classic British auto restoration! But the Brits put one over on Trump, negotiating a mere 10% tariff for up to 100,000 new cars a year, and you can bet those discounted tariffs will go on $100,000+ new Range Rovers, Bentleys, and Rolls Royces while your restoration gets taxed to death.
It gets worse, 87 trade treaties to go and most of the stuff we working folks buy ain’t even made here any more, and the last American factory was replaced with a Walmart. So in what amounts to a de facto federal sales tax the couple dollars Trump and his Criminal Enterprise AKA the GOP Party maybe spare us in our paycheck get taken back and more in Tariffs. Then there’s the middle class tax breaks like the energy efficiency tax breaks for windows, doors, heat pumps, TVs, and even wood stoves- All taken away in Trump’s new tax bill! Worse yet, Trump’s stealing your health insurance could be fatal!
So hopefully you’re properly pissed by now, but before you push a Land Rover overboard we need to talk strategy. By promoting and enacting fair progressive taxes and supporting working people we became the mainstream party that elected Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Clinton, Obama, Biden, and decades long congressional majorities. Then we got lost in pronouns and other PC and Trump stole our voters.
America is not a country of latent socialists waiting to be set free, though we expect capitalism to actually feature competition and not greedy monopolies. We don’t mind paying our fair share in taxes, but resisting unfair taxes is darn near in our DNA. Having spent decades accusing us of levying oppressive taxes, Trump and his party have committed the actual offense themselves. This is our opportunity to CodeSwitch, “turn the tables”, and become the party of revolt against Trump and the GOPs unfair taxes and win back the working class majority that wins elections!
Sassy Democrat 