Authoritarianism and misery come about through the corruption and perversion of language. History is faded out and alternatives and system criticism are made taboo. The poor and unemployed are made responsible for their distress while the self-healing market and efficient financial markets are called sacrosanct. Supposedly, the invisible hand turns private greed into public interest.
Sen Wyden (D.Or) called the 9-page Republican tax bill a "right-wing fantasy document that paves the way for trillions in handouts to corporations and the very wealthy," a con-job. Sen Gillibrand (D.Ny) called it a scam. This tax bill is sadism, greed, and chaos. Chaos is what happens when universities don't know what researchers they can finance thanks to demonization of regulation. Sadism happens when trillions may be cut from Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps, WIC food assistance, SNAP, Head Start, Meals on Wheels, Legal Services Corporation, Amtrak, National Institute for Health, Pell grants, HUD, and the Departments of Education and the EPA.
Original: Survival instead of Profit