Wealth Achieving Tax Cuts for the Rich at the Expense of Life Saving Health Care for the Poor

 Never have I been a fan of North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis.  For a mild two days I became a fan; he chose not to support Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill."  In actuality this hugely ugly bill will eradicate my own personal health care.  Has it become personal?  After nearly a decade as a caregiver, I received coverage by Barack Obama's Medicaid expansion plan, which originally was blocked by the GOP in North Carolina.  This money was allocated, and Republicans chose not to accept it granting health care to the poor.  After a prolonged wait and with the urging of past Governor Roy Cooper, Medicaid expansion finally was approved.  I received this health insurance for the first time since leaving cruise ship work in 2014.  I became ill during the Covid pandemic, and I not yet have recovered.  It has been far easier with health insurance, because Medicaid pays for prescription medications I need.  I take it for granted, the four dollar medications, including antibiotics and antifungals which are necessary because of the lingering Covid virus.  Thom Tillis was on the cusp of becoming an exemplary senator resisting the Trump Administration's bullying and keeping North Carolina's Medicaid expansion for the poor.  After Trump's mob completed their work, Senator Tillis succumbed to their antagonism and announced he would not seek reelection.  They forced him to change his vote to support this tax bill which will add three trillion dollars to the American peoples' debt and abolish health care programs in his home state.  There could be no better metaphor for the stench of America.  Appropriately Ken Burns' documentary, "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History," aired on PBS this evening showing the right thing.  No more money can be squeezed out of the poor, but the wealthiest Americans can continue to force the lower classes back into slavery.  Almost we are there now.  To allow the rich further to avoid their appropriate tax responsibilties is criminal.  To see Donald Trump's methodology of lies and slander in action to achieve his own personal goals is criminal.  Senator Tillis could either make the history books by pulling a John McCain, or he could pack his books, give up, and go home to his family.  The rest of North Carolina will not be so welcoming.  Vote, "No!"