How the Big Beautiful Bill Screws the Working Class While Billionaires Toast Champagne

It Ain’t Beautiful—It’s a Stick-Up in Broad Daylight

Last week, while I was swapping out a busted condenser in a triple-digit attic (sweating through my shirt like a rotisserie chicken), Congress passed what they’re calling the “Big Beautiful Bill.” Beautiful for who, exactly? Sure as hell not for you or me. This sucker is a 4-trillion-dollar debt balloon, and guess who’s getting the air knocked out of them? Folks like us.

You’d think with a name like that, we’d be getting new bridges, healthcare, or hell, at least potholes filled. But nope. What we’re getting is slashed Medicaid, bigger tax loopholes for billionaires, and a fat invoice we’ll be paying for decades.

Let me break it down before my blood pressure breaks me down.

Medicaid Chopped, Just When We Need It Most

They call it “streamlining.” I call it what it is: gutting Medicaid.

Over 15 million Americans could lose access to coverage under this bill. That includes the disabled, single parents, folks on the edge who’ve been hanging on by a thread since COVID. In Idaho alone, thousands are already being dropped—quietly, without warning—like they’re trimming fat off a steak. Only it’s real people’s health we’re talking about.

If your kid has asthma, or your mom’s in a nursing home, or you just plain get sick—tough luck. Meanwhile, tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy got baked right into the fine print like a maggot in a muffin.

The Wealthy Win Again…Because of Course They Do

You know who really loves this bill? Hedge fund managers, oil execs, and every corporate weasel with an offshore account.

This thing extends Trump-era tax breaks for the richest of the rich, including sweet deals on capital gains, estate taxes, and corporate income. If you’re living off dividends and yacht fuel, congratulations—you just got another raise.

But for the rest of us?
Rent’s up. Groceries are up. Gas is still high. And now we’re footing a $4 trillion bill.

I checked: sure HVAC techs, line cooks, school bus drivers, or truckers will get tax break crumbs but then we’ll be paying more for everything because of Trump’s new tariffs on everything. So it’s a shell game where everyone loses except for Trump and his rich buddies.

Same Old Scam, Different Package

They sell it like it’s “pro-growth”, “pro-America”, “pro-freedom”.
But it’s just pro-rich.

I swear, every time I hear a politician say “freedom”, I check my wallet. This ain’t trickle-down, it’s trickle-up theft. The rich get subsidies. Meanwhile we get told to eat less avocado toast. My buddy Rick got a letter saying his Medicaid’s being reevaluated because he “might not qualify” anymore. He’s a diabetic vet with two kids. What the hell more do you need to “qualify”?

We Deserve Better Than This Dumpster Fire

Here’s the thing: they’re counting on us not noticing. While we’re busy just trying to survive the heat, pay bills, and keep our families fed, they’re passing bills that screw us sideways and calling it patriotic.

But we ain’t stupid. We’re tired. We’re angry. And it’s time we stopped letting these jokers in suits play Monopoly with our lives.

You don’t need to be a policy wonk to feel when something’s wrong. You feel it when your insurance disappears. When your kid’s school doesn’t have free lunches. When you work 50 hours and still can’t afford the dentist.

That’s what this Big Beautiful Bill actually means: Big for the rich, beautiful for the lobbyists, and a straight-up shafting for the rest of us.

Share this with someone who still thinks Trump or Congress gives a damn about regular folks. Ask ’em what’s so beautiful about cutting off grandma’s meds while Bezos buys another yacht.

Let’s keep each other honest.