The ominous outlook with a GOP president

I don't know if we can reach the far right wing. You know, the people who see DJ Trump in a baseball cap and don't remember that his normal attire is $7,000 suits.

Or the people who think Gov. Rauner is "regular folk" when he spends more on wine in a year than the average attorney makes.

For the rest of you, some food for thought: A Republican Congress and Republican president ensures the enactment of awful laws. The top individual and corporate income tax rates would be dropped to 25 percent, starving the treasury and creating more income inequality.

Nothing would be done about the $21 trillion that billionaires currently have hidden tax-free offshore. Domestic programs would be slashed to balance the budget.

One out of five American children live in poverty now. Shouldn't we be more concerned about the safety net than cutting taxes at the expense of the poor?

Medicaid and other support for the poor would be turned into block grants to states. This is not managing the money - this is endorsing the creation of slush funds.

Medicare would become a voucher system that wouldn't keep up with medical inflation. I'm sure that the insurance companies are just dying to put 87-year-olds on the rolls. Plus we'd lose 10 percent of our hard-earned contributions to insurance company advertising and executive bonuses.

The age for Medicare and Social Security would likely be raised. They'd cynically sock it to our next generation thinking that today's seniors wouldn't care.

And while Democrats quibble over proposed $12 or a $15 minimum wage rates, the leading GOP candidate says, "Having a low minimum wage is not a bad thing." Not a bad thing for him I guess.

David Troland

Arlington Heights