Thom Hartmann for BuzzFlash: Billionaires Are Willing to Sacrifice American Lives for Lower Taxes

April 17, 2020

Trumpster Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and multi-billionaire back of right-wing organizations and think tanks. (Gage Skidmore)

By Thom Hartmann for BuzzFlash

The big question that the media is asking is, “Why?“ Why is it that right wing billionaires are funding protests of shelter in place orders in the states? Why is it that Fox News is pushing so hard to reopen the economy? Why are TV doctor pundits on Fox saying that having 2% or 3% of our population die is an acceptable price to pay?

Why are these people willing to sacrifice our elders and vulnerable Americans of all ages to get the economy back in shape? Is it possible that one of the reasons these billionaires are pushing these efforts is because any more stimulus packages will require an increase in taxes on billionaires to pay for them? Could it be that simple and that crass?

Thom Hartmann is a talk-show host and the author of The Hidden History of the War on Voting and more than 30 other books in print. His most recent project is a science podcast called The Science Revolution. He is a writing fellow at the Independent Media Institute.