Billionaires Control Trump Policies: Hold the Presses?!
Yes, The Hill, with a straight face, tells us that a select group of wealthy donors are dictating policy. One might wonder where the 'public' these billionaires are supposedly 'shunning' went decades ago when corporate PACs and lobbyists began writing legislation. This isn't a Trump-era innovation; it's the bipartisan business model. For example, AIPAC alone spent over $3.5 million on lobbying in
2023, influencing both sides of the aisle to funnel billions into foreign military aid, often at the expense of social programs. But sure, let's focus on Trump's specific billionaires. It's almost adorable how these outlets frame this as a novel phenomenon rather than the default operating procedure for Washington, D.C. Whether it's Trump's real estate moguls or Biden's fossil fuel and defense
contractors, the song remains the same: money talks, and everyone else gets a soundbite. How many times will we 'discover' this before we actually question the system allowing it?