Saturday, January 21, 2017

Rump's Attack On The Middle Class Begins


As one of his first official duties, demagogue and Putin poodle Donald "Rump" Trump signed a slew of reactionary executive orders to cancel or alter previous policies aimed at aiding the middle class. Acting on the nihilistic Republican urge to strip 20 million Americans of their health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, Rump also signed an order directing Federal agencies to "minimize the unwarranted and regulatory burdens of the Act," which is intended to obstruct ongoing implementation of the Act while Congressional Rethugs work at repealing the signature legislation of the Obama Administration.  Another one of the orders was to cancel the rate cut on FHA mortgage premiums, a move that punishes homeowners with FHA loans by an average of $500 this year. Rump also signed an order freezing the issuance of regulations (presumably from environmental protection, to immigration, to women's reproductive rights, to energy conservation and renewable energy, all of which are anathema to the new reactionary, hard-right regime).

Many of his unpopular actions will undoubtedly be taken in the middle of the night, and with little of the usual Trumpian fanfare, so as not to surprise his conned base. It's up to us in opposition to him to make it clear, what he's up to: filling the "swamp" he pledged to drain with alligators.