Few people, whether conservative, progressive or moderate, think we should give tax breaks to billionaires and cut back on Medicaid, education and food for hungry children.
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All of usoweDonaldTrump and ElonMusk a deepdebt of gratitude.
For a verylongtime the bigmoneyinterests,underDemocratic and Republican administrations, have dominatedour government and ourpolitics. Theydiditthrough theircampaigncontributions, the work of theircorporatelobbyists and the extravagantdinnerswhere the rich and the powerfulplotted theirstrategies.Much of theirworkwasdonequietly and out of publicscrutiny. Theyhad the power. Theyjustdidn’t advertiseit.
Not anymore.
DonaldTrumpinvited the three wealthiestpeoplein the country,ElonMusk,JeffBezos and MarkZuckerbergtositrightbehindhim athisinauguration. And behind them were13other billionaireswhoTrumphadnominatedtorunmajor government agencies. Inotherwords, the power of bigmoneywasnolongers
