Trump campaigned as a populist. People voted for him because they thought this ‘rich’ guy would turn the economy around for them. Instead, some of the first laws passed or proposed screws the poor and middle-class even further. Bill Maher enumerated some of them and they are striking.
Bill Maher listing some laws that hurt most Trumpsters
One hopes the Trump voter is watched Real Time with Bill Maher last night. Trump and the candidates they supported voted to poison and bankrupt them.
Maher started the segment saying he just became aware of the Congressional Review Act. Republicans used on laws that will materially hurt their constituents.
“Here are some laws we had that now we don’t,” Maher said. “Now we can sell guns to the severely mentally ill. Mining companies can dump their toxic waste into a stream. That was against the law. Not anymore. Pastors can endorse politicians, or this is what he wants, from the pulpit which we had gotten rid of. Oil companies don’t have to report the bribes they get any more from third world dictators. And then the fiduciary stuff. The Fiduciary Rule prevented financial advisers from ripping off their clients. It actually said you have to act in the customer’s best interest. Thank God they got right to work getting rid of that. I guess my question is, you know, it was all about we are helping the little guy. This looks like special interest, though. … How does letting the coal company dump the sludge in the river help the little guy?”
Jason Kander hit the nail on the head.
“I am operating under the assumption that President Trump’s friends were already doing okay,” Kander said. “It is about protecting rich people from the middle-class and making sure the middle-class pays for most of it.”