MAGA won’t see a penny of those savings

I’m seeing lots of MAGA folk celebrate the firings of civil servants and the dissolution of federal agencies. They’re gloating about all the money being saved, as if any of that money will find its way into their pockets.

“Yeah, we’re going to get a big tax refund,” they say, or “The government is going to send us a check! It’s all over Fox News.”

By “Fox News” I assume they mean Fox Entertainment. That’s what Fox’s own lawyers argued during the Dominion lawsuit, that Fox News wasn’t really a news operation. It’s an entertainment company. So that’s where the MAGA folk are getting their information – from an entertainment company. Oh, and Fox lost that lawsuit and had to pay Dominion almost $800 million for lying about Dominion’s voting machines. So the MAGA folk are getting their information from a lying entertainment company.

But I digress. The MAGAts won’t see one penny of the savings because it’s all going to people like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and other billionaires in the form of a big fat tax cut.

In fact, I’d like to ask the MAGA folk something:

Do you remember back in 2017? Does your miniature Christmas tree light brain go back that far? Do you remember Donald Trump’s tax cut, the one you thought was such a great idea, although it added about $7 trillion to the debt – remember that?

Well, it’s due to expire this year. Congress could vote to extend it but so far they haven’t. And if they don’t extend it, guess what? Your taxes will go UP 22 percent! That’s right, 22 percent. Some of you will have to file TWO returns with the IRS this year. How do you like them apples, MAGA?

Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos are sitting back in their palaces and laughing at you, and you deserve to be laughed at. Because you’re MAGA morons.

You voted for this.

About the author:

Del Stone Jr. is a professional fiction writer. He is known primarily for his work in the contemporary dark fiction field, but has also published science fiction and contemporary fantasy. Stone’s stories, poetry and scripts have appeared in publications such as Amazing Stories, Eldritch Tales, and Bantam-Spectra’s Full Spectrum. His short fiction has been published in The Year’s Best Horror Stories XXII; Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine; the Pocket Books anthology More Phobias; the Barnes & Noble anthologies 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, and 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories; the HWA anthology Psychos; and other short fiction venues, like Blood Muse, Live Without a Net, Zombiesque and Sex Macabre. Stone’s comic book debut was in the Clive Barker series of books, Hellraiser, published by Marvel/Epic and reprinted in The Best of Hellraiser anthology. He has also published stories in Penthouse Comix, and worked with artist Dave Dorman on many projects, including the illustrated novella “Roadkill,” a short story for the Andrew Vachss anthology Underground from Dark Horse, an ashcan titled “December” for Hero Illustrated, and several of Dorman’s Wasted Lands novellas and comics, such as Rail from Image and “The Uninvited.” Stone’s novel, Dead Heat, won the 1996 International Horror Guild’s award for best first novel and was a runner-up for the Bram Stoker Award. Stone has also been a finalist for the IHG award for short fiction, the British Fantasy Award for best novella, and a semifinalist for the Nebula and Writers of the Future awards. His stories have appeared in anthologies that have won the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award. Two of his works were optioned for film, the novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line.”

Stone recently retired after a 41-year career in journalism. He won numerous awards for his work, and in 1986 was named Florida’s best columnist in his circulation division by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. In 2001 he received an honorable mention from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his essay “When Freedom of Speech Ends” and in 2003 he was voted Best of the Best in the category of columnists by Emerald Coast Magazine. He participated in book signings and awareness campaigns, and was a guest on local television and radio programs.

As an addendum, Stone is single, kills tomatoes and morning glories with ruthless efficiency, once tied the stem of a cocktail cherry in a knot with his tongue, and carries a permanent scar on his chest after having been shot with a paintball gun. He’s in his 60s as of this writing but doesn’t look a day over 94.

Contact Del at [email protected]. He is also on Facebook, twitter, Pinterest, tumblr, TikTok, and Instagram. Visit his website at delstonejr.com .