Robin Hood

Not a tax plan — a blueprint for looting.

We live in a country where the story got rewritten. In this version, Robin Hood rides for Goldman Sachs, and the peasants are billed for the arrows. The rich don’t just win — they draft the rules, audit the scoreboard, and invoice the taxpayers for their troubles.

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This isn’t some vague critique of capitalism. It’s a spotlight on one man’s model of governance: extract, enrich, distract, repeat. trump didn’t invent the grift, but he industrialized it. Under his rule, corruption isn’t hidden — it’s marketed. If there’s a trough, he’s not just feeding — he’s selling tickets.

Take the 2017 tax cuts. Back then, there was still the performance of fairness. Everyone got a sliver, just enough to wave around at campaign stops. But the top 1% took home about 83% of the benefits. The tax cuts for the rich were permanent. Ours came with an expiration date.

But this time? Not even the show. In his latest proposal, there’s no token, no crumb, not even a whiff of pretense. The poor and middle class pay more. The rich pay less. The budget is raided, the IRS defanged, and the usual crowd cheers as if this were generosity instead of theft.

Student loan forgiveness? Socialism. A billion-dollar write-off for a private jet? Investment. It’s not just hypocrisy — it’s hierarchy. And everyone knows where they stand.

And here’s the absurd twist: Republicans vote for the people who will rob them. Meanwhile, the wealthy — not just the rich, but the truly wealthy — hedge their bets. The upper-middle class votes Democratic. They want stability, decent schools, and maybe a clean conscience. But the ultra-wealthy? They don’t vote their values — they buy outcomes. They fund both sides, operate through PACs, foundations, and lobbyists, and ensure no matter who wins, their assets are safe, and their taxes are optional.

Somehow, a man who spent his life stiffing workers, contractors, students, and taxpayers has convinced millions that he’s one of them. Maybe he is — if they were all billionaire landlords with 14 pending court cases.

We’ve always had grift. But this is the era of unapologetic, gold-plated grift — a grift with branding, stage lighting, and a donation button at the bottom.

Yes, we've been drifting this way for decades. But now the lifeboats are full of hedge fund managers, and the rest of us are being handed invoices for the lifeboats we’re not allowed to board.

This isn’t just a policy failure. It’s a shakedown with a flag wrapped around it.

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