Donald Trump has wasted no time in trying to destroy the parts of our government that serve us all.
I could name many examples, but let’s look at this one:
Under the guise of eliminating “waste, fraud and abuse,” Elon Musk is working to destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
This agency, in its 12 years of existence, has returned more than $21 billion to Americans who were cheated by banks and other financial institutions.
Elon Musk wants to create “X Money,” a financial app that allows users to store and send money online. His problem is that the CFPB would not allow him to cheat his customers or to suck up our personal data and sell it to the highest bidder.
Elon wants to remove the agency that would protect Americans from Elon.
But Musk/Trump’s attempt to destroy the CFPB is illegal. If the courts enforce the law, the agency that protects us from financial fraud will continue to exist.
This is only one example; 74 lawsuits have already been filed fighting Trump’s assault on Americans’ rights.
Trump’s plan is to transform our democracy into an oligarchy, transferring more of our country’s wealth from the poor and middle class to Trump and his billionaire buddies.
If you have any money left after buying eggs, consider contributing to groups that are fighting in court to protect our rights, such as Democracy Docket or the ACLU.
We can defy this assault on our freedom!
Philip Riffe
Austin
De La Cruz draws fire
This is what happens when we vote for Republicans.
In December, after her reelection as our congresswoman in Washington, Monica De La Cruz vowed to “fight for the people of South Texas.”
She lied. In February she voted to slash medical benefits to thousands and thousands of her South Texas citizens.
She voted for massive, historic cuts to Medicaid. Why? To give tax cuts to billionaires.
Thanks to her vote, grandmothers, children and veterans will no longer have access to food and the medical care they need to survive.
Elon Musk calls us “the parasite class,” while he’s raking in billions of dollars from taxpayers to build his silly cars and shoot giant fireworks at Boca Chica Beach.
Think cuts to Medicare won’t hurt you? People here in the Valley will die from not having insulin and meds they need. Untreated, others will get diseases that will spread to all of us.
Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz lied to us. If she had been the only representative to vote against this cruel and devastating budget resolution in Congress, it would have died.
Instead, Monica voted for tax cuts for billionaires while leaving her constituents to suffer.
Ask her why.
Rod Santa Ana III
McAllen
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