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the price of control
the price of eggs was how they got us. inflation was real, but the outrage was manufactured. while people worried about the cost of breakfast, policies were being written to dismantle the economy for everyone but the wealthiest few.
the proposed federal budget will remove medicaid and medicare coverages. millions who rely on these programs will be left without healthcare. this is not about efficiency. this is about forcing people to sink or swim in an economy designed to keep them underwater.
there is a plan to move toward a sovereign wealth fund, using tariffs instead of income tax to finance the government. on paper, this sounds like a shift in strategy. in reality, it moves control of the economy away from congress and into the hands of the executive branch. the power of the purse, meant to be a function of the legislative branch, would belong to a single office. when financial control is centralized, democracy weakens.
removing regulation is often framed as a move for economic freedom. but freedom for whom? corporations save money when environmental and safety rules disappear, but workers and consumers pay the price. when industries regulate themselves, history has shown what happens next: wage suppression, price manipulation, and unchecked corporate power.
one county in alabama is already seeing skyrocketing utility costs because of policies set in motion under the trump administration. this is not an isolated case. policy has consequences. economic decisions made at the federal level will ripple into the lives of everyday people, making necessities harder to afford while protections are stripped away.
social security
project 2025 includes plans to cut social security by raising the retirement age. for over 70 percent of people in states like alabama and pennsylvania, this means losing thousands in benefits every year. a median-wage retiree could lose between $46,000 and $100,000 over a decade. for many, this is the difference between stability and poverty.
this is not about sustainability. this is about shifting the tax burden. under project 2025, middle-class families in states like pennsylvania would see a tax increase of over $3,000 per year, while the wealthiest households—those making over $10 million annually—would each see an average tax cut of $1.5 million. this is a redistribution of wealth, but not in the way they warn about. money is not being taken from the rich to help the poor. it is being taken from the middle class to protect the elite.
healthcare
project 2025 proposes limits and lifetime caps on medicaid benefits. in pennsylvania alone, nearly 400,000 low-income residents could lose coverage. the plan would also remove out-of-pocket spending caps for medicare drug costs, affecting over 800,000 people. without these protections, prescription costs will rise, putting medication out of reach for seniors and those with chronic illnesses.
the government’s ability to negotiate lower drug prices would also be eliminated. this is not about reducing costs for taxpayers. it is about protecting pharmaceutical profits at the expense of those who need life-saving medication.
child care and education
project 2025 would eliminate head start, a program that provides no-cost child care and early education to tens of thousands of low-income children in pennsylvania. this would hit rural and underserved communities the hardest, where access to affordable child care is already limited. when families cannot find or afford child care, parents are forced out of the workforce, creating yet another economic barrier.
so what now?
they count on exhaustion. they count on people being too overwhelmed to fight back. do not let them be right.