Yesterday's New York Times contained a "Guest Essay" by Noah Millman. His essay was titled, "What Are Republicans Thinking?"
I think it's fair to say that Millman, a former "finance professional," is no fan of the recent legislation now enacted into law after both the Senate and the House of Representatives signed off on a set of policies that will provide permanent reductions in taxes for the very wealthiest Americans, and take away health care, education, and other benefits from the least privileged among us.
Presuming you can jump the "paywall" that probably confronts non-subscribers, you can read Millman's description of what this recent legislation does. [As a reminder, Santa Cruz County residents who possess a library card can get access to The Times free, despite the paywall. Click that link to get started.]
In his column, Millman refers to the recent legislation as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act." This is how our current president has characterized the bill. In fact, though, as Millman properly notes in his column in The Times, "the legislation’s permanent tax cuts combined with spending increases on defense and border security and large cuts to Medicaid and other social spending would add more than $3 trillion to the national debt over the next 10 years, with more red ink in the years and decades after."
Does that sound "beautiful" to you?
The fact is, and I think Shakespeare was quite aware of this, people tend to believe that a "name" accurately describes the "thing" that is named. And that is not, quite often, true - either as a general proposition, or with specific reference to the "Reverse Robinhood, Rob The Poor And Give To The Rich Act," recently placed into law by the Congress.
All of us need to start calling "balls" and "strikes" as they really are. That should include The New York Times, and its columnists and commentators.
Voters across the nation will give credit to the name of this recent legislation. To those not really getting into the study of what has actually been done, the "intention" of the bill will probably seem "sweet."
But what the Congress and our current president have done is to rob and rape the people of this country.
What's In A Name?
In this case, a despicable deception.
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