The “R” next to Rep. Scott Tipton’s name has become his scarlet letter.
Rep. Tipton’s Republican party, former champions of fiscal responsibility in government, have voted themselves America’s fiscal fools who now openly represent the wealthiest of the wealthy at the expense of our nation’s future. Rep. Tipton’s yea vote for 2017’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act insures that just the interest we taxpayers pay on federal debt will more than triple between 2017 and 2028, approaching $1 trillion within a decade.
Write out one trillion: a 1 followed by twelve zeros. Now imagine what one trillion of our tax dollars could do for our children and our grandchildren, and remember that this is only paying the interest, not the debt itself. Congressional Budget Office projections suggest interest payments could even surpass Medicaid costs and military spending, becoming the biggest slice of the federal budget by 2023, just five years from now. And the interest on this expanded debt provides what? Infrastructure? Education? Stewardship of our environmental resources? Cybersecurity? The health and well-being of the American people?
Sadly, none of the above. It is a giveaway to big business and America’s wealthiest citizens. A giveaway that American taxpayers will be paying for generations to come. A giveaway endorsed by Rep. Tipton.
Now that we can see who Rep. Tipton really works for, perhaps his campaign slogan ought to read “Trickle-Down Poverty for All.” It is clearly time for a change; vote Democratic this election.
Tim Telep
Bayfield
