Reagan-Era Democrats Were ‘Tax-And-Spend’ While Trump-Era Democrats Are ‘Tax-And-Steal’

by Richard Blakley,American Thinker:

President Ronald Reagan was classically known for telling it like it is. Concerning the Democrat party, Reagan stated, they’re “tax-and-spend,” because Reagan-era Democrats were known for “fixing” things by taxing people more and spending even more, instead of evaluating how the money is being spent and trying to make logical reductions in spending.

The Democrats with which President Trump must contend are entirely different from the Reagan-era Democrats. Reagan-era Democrats look more like conservatives compared to the bulk of the current Democrat party. For example, Boston’s Democrat mayor,Michelle Wu, has been pushing tax-funded “wellness” grants, specifically for “queer illegal aliens,” ranging from $250 to $500 per migrant. These grants are being distributed by an NGO activist group named OUTnewcomers. Research has shown that the grants are to be used for things like gym memberships, yoga, meditation, reflection activities, transportation, and childcare support. Democrat Wu is pushing this “queer illegal alien” taxpayer money giveaway while facing a $100 million budget deficit, forcing a layoff of teachers.

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Then we have Democrat-run states like Massachusetts, where$1 billion dollars in fraudulent food stamps(SNAP) payments were paid out between 2022 and 2024, with 75% of payments going to able-bodied recipients who refuse to look for work. Paul Diego Craney, Executive Director of the Fiscal Alliance Foundation, stated,

More than a billion dollars in improper SNAP payments in just two years is not a rounding error, it is a complete failure or oversight. Taxpayers are being asked to fund a system where fraud is ignored, safeguards are weakened, and accountability is treated as optional.

Policy analyst Hayden Dublois found that Democrat-run Massachusetts carries a fraud SNAP rate so high that the current trajectory is unsustainable and that “Massachusetts’ welfare programs are on a collision course with reality.” Recently, theUSDA disqualified1,562 SNAP retailers, preventing an additional $835 million in fraud. These SNAP retailers were exchanging SNAP benefits for cash.

Of course,186 House Democratsvoted against deporting people who commit welfare fraud. Now, why would that be the case? Maybe we should ask Rep. Ilhan Omar, who recently, supposedly, went fromrags to riches and then from riches to rags. While filling out her congressional financial disclosure, Omar listed her assets as high as $30 million. Then, after drawing scrutiny from Republicans and a congressional watchdog, she amended her and her husband’s assets to between $18,004 and $95,000, which was a sharp drop from the original listing of between $6 million and $30 million. “Omar’s attorney said in a letter to the watchdog that the inaccurate filing was unintentional and stemmed from a reliance upon accountants.”

House Oversight Committee ChairmanJames Comer, R-Ky, suggested that perhaps Omar’s accountants may have gotten their degrees from the Somali-run fraudulent “Quality Learing Center.”