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Category: Truth Or Consequences

Truth Or Consequences – October 2025

[Outgoing Mail]

Oct 31, 2025

The Trump administration’s economic and healthcare pledges crumbled in 2025. The promised job growth and manufacturing revival were revealed as nothing more than falsehoods, built on selectively manipulated data. Factory hiring did not just slow; it reversed, hurting rural communities. Moreover, the easing of drug price controls caused essential medications like insulin to skyrocket in price. With costs outpacing wages, many families faced serious financial strain. Instead of addressing these challenges head-on, the administration chose to deflect blame, leaving ordinary Americans to shoulder the financial fallout.

SOURCES

What constitutes manufacturing success?

Rural health transformation program won’t make up for federal budget cuts, experts agree

The Facts About the $35 Insulin Copay Cap in Medicare

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jobs-manufacturing-trump-tariffs-economy/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/24/rural-america-braces-for-hospital-closures-after-medicaid-cuts/85723643007/

https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/rural-hospital-revenue-could-drop-87-billion-over-10-years-because-reconciliation-bill

https://abcnews.go.com/US/loss-life-responders-detail-deadly-cost-rural-hospital/story?id=126291680

https://www.aha.org/fact-sheets/2025-06-13-rural-hospitals-risk-cuts-medicaid-would-further-threaten-access

https://beyer.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=8630

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7646207/

October 31, 2025
Truth Or Consequences – September 2025

September 26, 2025

The 2025 extension of Trump’s tax cuts mostly helps wealthy Americans and big businesses, locking in big breaks for folks making over $450,000 a year and corporations. Regular families get some relief with bigger standard deductions and a bump in child tax credits, but many low-income Americans see cuts in programs like Medicaid and food assistance and they may pay more out of pocket.

Some lawmakers, especially those with investments in real estate and businesses (and their donors) benefit directly from the cuts, raising concerns that the whole thing’s designed to line pockets rather than help average people. The bill also makes it easier for the super-rich to dodge estate taxes when passing down wealth, widening the gap between the rich and everyone else.

In the end, while it’s sold as a win for everyone, the real winners are the wealthy and politically connected—the rest get the leftovers and foot the bill.

SOURCES

https://taxpolicycenter.org/features/2025-tax-cuts-tracker

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/03/who-benefits-from-trump-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-extension.html

September 26, 2025
Truth Or Consequences – August 2025

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Truth: The Trump administration is actively working to abolish the Dept. of Education and severely cut its budget and staff. Stay curious. -W.C.

Consequences: This disrupts federal coordination, weakens public education, and creates uncertainty in funding, harming long-term workforce quality. Find the truth at towhoitwillconcern.com. Sincerely, W.C.

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August 11, 2025