The Smoke and Mirrors of “Not Touching Medicaid” Trump walked into Capitol Hill and claimed with a straight face: “We’re not touching anything.” But buried in the fine print of the GOP’s tax overhaul is language that reeks of bureaucratic quiet-cleansing — the kind that’s too complex for most headlines but devastating in practice. Those three words — waste, fraud, abuse — sound good on paper. But that’s political code. It's how the establishment justifies cutting services to the working class while funneling tax breaks to the wealthy. It’s not a new game — it’s the oldest trick in the D.C. playbook. $792 Billion in Cuts Disguised as Reform According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Medicaid revisions under this…
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