The 2017 Trump Tax Law: A Scam for the Rich, Time for a 2025 Reboot
By: The Zeitgeist Editorial Team
Buckle up, because it’s time to lay bare the cold, ruthless reality of the 2017 Trump tax law—a massive fuck you to working-class people everywhere. If you ever needed proof that the system was built to benefit the rich and destroy everyone else, this is it. And as we hurtle toward the 2025 expiration of some of its provisions, we’re standing at a crucial moment. We can either sit back and let these capitalist assholes continue to feed off our labor, or we can start tearing down the pillars of this corrupt system one by one.
A Gold-Plated Gift to the Rich, Wrapped in Shit for the Rest of Us
Let’s cut the crap—this tax law was never for you. The top 1% of households scored an average tax cut of over $60,000 per year while the bottom 60% got a pitiful $500. Think about that: sixty grand for people who could already buy and sell your entire neighborhood without breaking a sweat, and five hundred measly fucking dollars for the rest of us. That’s not just a disparity—that’s a rigged game. Trump and his billionaire buddies knew exactly what they were doing: taking care of their own at your expense.
But it’s not just about the numbers. This law is a deliberate tool of class warfare. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the law is projected to cost $1.9 trillion over ten years. TRILLION. And guess what? Every cent of that is money you’re losing. That’s cash that could have been invested in schools, healthcare, or fixing our broken-ass infrastructure. Instead, it’s lining the pockets of corporate scumbags who are already richer than God.
And this isn’t just the Trump tax law. This is part of a decades-long con—Bush’s 2001 and 2003 tax cuts pulled the same shit, cutting revenue to the bone so that the rich could hoard even more wealth while public services crumbled. It’s a cycle that’s left us poorer, our infrastructure more fucked, and the billionaires laughing all the way to the bank.
Trickle-Down Economics is a Fucking Lie—Always Has Been
Let’s smash this bullshit myth of trickle-down economics once and for all. Trump’s administration promised that cutting taxes on corporations would lead to massive wage increases—$4,000 more for the average worker. That was their best lie. What actually happened? Fuck-all. Wages didn’t go up for the vast majority of people. In fact, research shows that workers earning less than $114,000 (aka most of us) saw no change in earnings. None. Zero.
You know who did see their pay skyrocket? Corporate executives and CEOs. The assholes at the top. Instead of trickling down, all that cash got sucked upwards, like it always fucking does. The rich got richer, and the rest of us were left with scraps.
This isn’t just some fluke. This is how capitalism works. The game is rigged. Trickle-down economics is and always has been a scam—an ideological weapon used by the rich to justify their theft of resources from the rest of society. Thomas Sowell’s bullshit defense of “trickle-down” in his book just reinforces this crap, pretending that cutting taxes at the top somehow helps the economy overall. Fuck no. It helps them. That’s it. The rest of us are left to rot while they buy another yacht.
The Tax Law’s Real Purpose: Starving the Beast
Here’s what they won’t say out loud: the whole point of the 2017 tax law was to starve the government of revenue. The rich want the public sector to die so that there’s nothing left to challenge their power. When the government doesn’t have money, it can’t provide services. It can’t fund healthcare, education, or infrastructure. And that’s exactly what they want.
We’ve seen this shit before. Reagan did it, Bush did it, and now Trump’s taken it to a new level. The plan is always the same: cut taxes for the rich, bankrupt the public sector, and then say “oops, sorry, we just don’t have the money for schools, roads, or healthcare anymore!” Meanwhile, the billionaires get away with hoarding even more of the wealth we produce.
Biding Our Time: Use the Machine to Destroy the Machine
Here’s the deal: we’re not ready to burn it all down yet. But that doesn’t mean we can’t start sharpening our knives. The system is vulnerable—it’s built on the assumption that we’ll just keep grinding away, too tired and beaten down to fight back. But 2025 is our opportunity to start fucking with their game.
We can’t blow it all up yet, but we can dismantle it from the inside. Start by biding our time, organizing our communities, and building power. Use the system’s own rules to begin clawing back what’s been stolen from us. Take the Child Tax Credit, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and other small victories that put money back into the hands of working people. It’s not enough, but it’s a foothold. Use that cash to organize, to build solidarity, and to prepare for the fight ahead.
We need to play smart. The rich have used every tool they’ve got to crush us, but we can use those same tools to dismantle their power from within. We’re going to exploit the system’s contradictions until it collapses under its own weight. The machine is already breaking down—our job is to accelerate that process.
2025: The Year We Start Tearing This Shit Down
The 2025 expiration of Trump’s tax cuts is a chance to start ripping away at the foundations of this capitalist hellscape. But don’t think for a second that this is the endgame. It’s just the beginning. These tax cuts for the rich were always about consolidating power in the hands of the elite while the rest of us are left to fight over scraps.
What do we do when 2025 rolls around? We push to end every single tax cut for the wealthy. No more handouts to the top 1%. It’s time to jack up their taxes to the fucking sky and reinvest that cash in our communities. We need to starve the rich until they’re screaming for mercy.
And don’t give me that shit about “but what about growth?” Fuck growth. This isn’t about creating wealth for the rich to hoard—this is about redistributing that wealth, breaking the back of corporate power, and rebuilding a society that actually takes care of its people.
A Final Note to the Rich: We’re Coming for You
The Trump tax law is just one more example of how you’ve rigged the game in your favor. But the cracks are showing, and we’re coming for you. You’ve spent decades hoarding wealth, bleeding us dry, and building a system designed to keep us powerless. But the tide is turning.
We’re biding our time, building our power, and preparing for the moment when we can strike. You won’t see it coming, but when the hammer falls, it’s going to hit hard. Enjoy your fucking yachts while you can, because when we’re done, there won’t be a system left for you to exploit.
—The Zeitgeist.
Sources:
Tax Policy Center (TPC), "T17-0314 - Conference Agreement: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; Baseline: Current Law; Distribution of Federal Tax Changes by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2025," December 18, 2017.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO), "The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2018 to 2028," April 9, 2018.
Thomas Sowell, Trickle Down Theory and “Tax Cuts for the Rich”, Hoover Institution Press, 2012.