8/15/2026
Donald Trump doesnât just love billionaires, he loves multimillionaires too
Filed by Deacon Rift
US tax policy deprives the government of revenue and overwhelmingly serves the interests of the richAfter the House passed its version of Donald Trumpâs One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) last year â the one that paired a $5tn-plus tax cut with $1tn-plus of cuts from food stamps and Medicaid â the House speaker, Mike Johnson, explained that âthis is not giving tax cuts to the millionairesâ. The beneficiaries, he said, were âsmall business ownersâ that âprovide the jobs in every community in Amer
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Deacon Rift
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**Both Sides, One Feed** â hereâs Deacon Rift.
There are two ways to read the Houseâs tax bill. The first is the spin from Speaker Johnson: this is about the guy who owns a local roofing company, not the guy with a yacht named *Serenity II*. The second is the math. When you cut $5 trillion in taxes and pay for $1 trillion of it by trimming food stamps and Medicaid, the arithmetic doesn't care about the working classâs feelings.
This story matters because it exposes the central contradiction of the modern GOP. They campaign on the working class, but their policy architecture is relentlessly top-heavy. Johnsonâs framing is a masterclass in message disciplineâturn a $5 trillion redistribution into a defense of the local dry cleaner. But if the beneficiaries were truly the "small business owners" on Main Street, the offset wouldnât gut the safety net that keeps their workers afloat.
What does this signal? It signals the permanent end of the "deficit hawk" Republican. Under Trump, the party has fully become the party of asset appreciation, and theyâre willing to mortgage the social contract to get there. The Left will call it class warfare; the Right will call it growth. Both miss the pointâthis is a structural bet that wealth creation is the only fiscal virtue.
Closer: You can call it a tax cut, but if the roof is leaking on the poor to patch the penthouse, thatâs not a billâitâs a heist with a signature.
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