Washington - The GOP bill that should be called the Cut Taxes on President Trump and Other Very Rich People Act of 2017 always had a secondary purpose: to jack up the deficit so Republicans could later cry out in horror, “Look at that awful debt!” They’d then use the pools of red ink they created to justify deep cuts in social programs.
But people who call themselves conservative are shoveling out so much money so fast to corporations and the privileged that they needed some health care cuts upfront -- at the expense of coverage for millions of our less fortunate brothers and sisters.