Before the Age of the Donald by Dave Jaffe -Part 22.

   Before the Age of the Donald - Part 22.


        So far most observers have focused in on what the new Trump administration will do in foreign policy when it takes power in January. I want to make a few predictions on what it will do to domestic programs. It's my belief that the Donald as president will launch an all-out assault on all social programs.
    He will scrap Obamacare as soon as possible. He will also try to privatize Social Security that distributes benefits to close to one in five Americans. If that fails I predict he will slash Social Security benefits by a whopping 25 per cent or more. Or perhaps he will do both. Then he and his Republican cohorts, aided by wimpy Democrats will radically cut back money going to food stamps and Medicaid. These two programs have helped poor people survive.
     As president, Donald Trump may slash funds for Medicare, a program that has paid for medical expenses that many seniors need.
    Public sector workers will lose their jobs or at least lose their job security. Newt Gingrich is one of the Donald's advisors on this issue  and he has insisted that government workers' job security must disappear. Then I believe that government regulation of big businesses will be relaxed or in some cases dismantled completely. All of this will be done against a constant backdrop of threats of war and violence targeted at Iran and China.
    The Donald will also cut taxes way back for high income earners.  "It was the best of times it was the worst of times," wrote Charles Dickens about life in the late 18th century. For poor Americans and the nearly poor, life under the Donald will be the worst of times. Yet for the rich and especially the richest 1 per cent, life will never be better.
     Meanwhile many working people and members of the middle class will have to struggle to hold on to what they already have. Many of them voted for the Donald. They may live to regret that they did.