Why Trump Campaigned Like a Populist and Governs Like a Sellout

” … Trump’s working class supporters have gotten little economic help from his policies, and are unlikely to receive it in the future. Trump’s health care bill, far from protecting everyone (as he promised), will cause 23 million Americans to become uninsured. It will raise premiums for the oldest and sickest Americans, which include many of his most fervent working-class supporters. Although Trump promised during the campaign that he would not touch Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid, his proposed budget cuts both Social Security and Medicaid. Although he promised to help people who are out of work find jobs, his proposed budget slashes job training programs, and so on and so on.”  More …

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