The Big Beautiful Lie: What This Tax Plan Really Funds

As you consider President Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Tax Plan,” I urge you to look past the branding and follow the money—because where this budget spends and where it cuts reveal a government serving corporations, not people. Trump’s plan would slash the corporate tax rate for U.S. manufacturers from 21% to 15%—a 28% windfall for some of the wealthiest companies on Earth. It would also allow corporations to write off the full cost of factory construction immediately, delivering billions in upfront tax breaks to industries that are already profiting—like Big Oil, Big Pharma, and Defense contractors. The price tag? $200–$300 billion over 10 years. Meanwhile, where does Trump want to cut? • NOAA: Eliminating climate research amid historic storms • NIH: Slashing medical and cancer research funding • Public Health: Stripping funding from hospitals, vaccines, and emergency response • Education: Cutting mental health grants, raising tuition, rewriting history • Housing: Gutting shelters and low-income programs • Public Media: Defunding NPR and PBS • Clean Energy: Undermining investment in renewables • Heating Assistance: Ending LIHEAP for millions of struggling households And yet—corporate subsidies remain untouched. Not one word about rolling back the $70–80 billion/year handed to defense contractors, or the $10–20 billion gifted to fossil fuel giants. Instead, Trump promises more. Let’s be clear: This is not tax reform. It’s a wealth transfer. For what we’re giving to corporations, we could instead: • Provide universal child care and pre-K for working families • Make community college free for every student • Build 500,000 affordable housing units • Fund paid family leave for all American workers • Guarantee school meals for every child • Double cancer research funding • Launch a clean energy revolution It’s not a matter of money. It’s a matter of priorities. This budget reflects a worldview where wealth deserves reward and need deserves punishment. Where corporations are fed and children go hungry. Where cancer patients wait while climate science is erased. Where the gospel of profit replaces the promise of democracy. You were not elected to serve the Fortune 500. You were elected to serve the people. So do it. Reject this tax scam. Protect the programs that protect us. And choose the future Americans actually want to live in.