Kevin Hassett is Donald Trump’s director of the National Economic Council. Even in an administration known for its shockingly incompetent appointees, Hassett has to know that the GOP bill just passed by “Christian” Mike Johnson’s House throws millions of Americans off their health insurance, strips food assistance from millions and rips away jobs. It also raises the cost of living.
Of course, there’s one group that make out like bandits in the bill: the folks who are already extremely wealthy. As the Center for American Progress explains, “a new analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that the bill reduces resources for the poorest households while increasing them for the highest earners.”
