Benefactors of Trump’s largesse are receiving blood money
As Republicans twist themselves into unnatural positions to support Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” they should think about how many people, including children, will die as a result. Rural hospitals will close, children will starve, and millions will lose their health insurance, all to pay for the tax cuts for the president’s billionaire friends. Do those receiving the lion’s share of Trump’s largesse not understand that it is blood money?
Bruce Zabinsky
Waban
Senator Tillis ought to stand his ground — and seek reelection
While I generally admire Renée Graham’s perspective, I cannot agree with her accolades for Senator Thom Tillis in declining to run for reelection next year (“A defiant Senator Tillis refuses to cave to Trump,” Opinion, July 2). What would be more courageous is if the North Carolina Republican were to continue to stick to his principles — such as by voting, as he did, against Donald Trump’s horrible, harmful bill — and to legislate according to his ideals.
After all, haven’t we seen many Trump-supported candidates go down in flames even with his backing? Is Tillis’s ego so large he would rather flee than stand to risk a primary loss? That’s not backbone. It is just another voice of reason lost to the sideline, out of the way of our authoritarian president. It is enabling, not admirable.
Paul Siegenthaler
Needham
Stop using Trump’s absurd name for this wretched bill
I would like the media to stop using the phrase “Big Beautiful Bill” for Donald Trump’s legislation dismantling programs that actually help people. It may be big but it is not beautiful. All the press is doing in using that phrase is promoting Trump’s propaganda regarding what is in the bill. Please stop. A better description would be “bloated and bankrupt.”
Dan Fennelly
Scituate