Submitted by Monica Prohida, Riverside
Recently a LTE writer in the local media asked Sen. Murphy what has he done to control spending? Instead, I posit the writer should be asking:
What has Trump and the impotent, sycophant, spineless Senate and House Republican majority done to lower prices? Nary a word or an action!
Remember the scene in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz when the Wicked Witch warns Dorothy of her impending doom: “Just you wait, my little pretty! Just you wait!”
So let’s forget or just ignore the valiant, courageous efforts of CT Senators Murphy and Blumenthal, and Congressman Jim Himes. They consistently work through the legal legislative process to protect our rights. This in turn protects our wallets: tariffs anyone?
Instead, let’s just look at how the Trump-Musk Policy will affect you and me right now and the near future:
– Our private social security, banking, financial accounts and other personal information in the hands of unfettered, not vetted, unelected Musk and his DOGE team of 20-something minions. What exactly are they doing with our private information?
– Just watch the erratic US Stock Market NASDAQ and other financial markets. Better mind your portfolios!
– Watch the shift of taxes to you and me from Billionaires with those lovely deductions. The rich must get richer or bust! Trickle down my foot!
Got your attention yet?
How about those eggs and gasoline prices? Today I bought a dozen at over $12 and filled up the gas tank. Whoa there! Already 3% higher overall inflation as a result of Trump’s policies – just wait and feel how those tariffs drive up the cost of all groceries and goods we buy!
– Gutting government agencies and forcing hard working civil servants out of their jobs. Open up those unemployment rolls! Jobless and homeless with no Federal safety net to catch them or us.
– Shuttering the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that protects the David of you and me from the Goliath of Big Business. Since its inception it has helped consumers recoup about $21 billion through monetary compensation and more.
Plenty more, such as goals to undermine Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and removing drug pricing caps. That’s just a start.
So sit back and relax and see how your wallets feel lighter while the Oligarghy’s gets heavier.
Respectfully,
Monica Prihoda
Riverside