Dear editor:
Wealthy campaign donors do not spend hundreds of millions of dollars funding any politician in order to benefit the average working class American. Anyone who believes that, or ignores it, does so at their own peril.
As for this latest Trump/GOP tax "reform" being marketed to us as beneficial for the median income person, it's a scam. More and more Republicans are coming out and admitting that they've been told by their donors to either "get it done" or don't call them for money, with a few even admitting it's a scam. Apparently they are more worried about getting re-elected (got to have rich donors to do that now) and less about serving the people they say they represent, but don't.
No one can ever convince me that these donors want it "done" for our benefit and not theirs alone. The votes for this tax scam are purely along party lines with perhaps a few on either side reaching across the aisle, but nearly 100 percent of Republicans are voting for the wealthy and not our benefit, while majority of Democrats are voting against this scam and for the people.
This "scam" will escalate our tax burdens over time, as some of the "goodies" being proposed disappear since they are not permanent. The change in tax brackets also means that more people will fall into higher brackets, owing more, not less, in the future.
We all need to call or email our House and Senate members and urge them to vote no. Corporations have more money than ever in history in the U.S., as well as billionaires that were unheard of until past few decades, yet they want us to believe that these poor rich people need more and more of our money and if only we'd give them more money, they would raise our pay or create jobs out of thin air.
Judith Zitko
Hot Springs Village
Editorial on 11/26/2017