This weekend, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez threw a wedding that looked like a deleted scene from The Hunger Games: Capitol Edition. In Venice, where working-class Italians were priced out of their own lagoon decades ago, they hosted a three-day extravaganza complete with Dolce & Gabbana lace, Murano glass, performances by Usher, and a cost estimated between $46 and $55 million.
And while they danced beneath chandeliers and fireworks, lawmakers in Washington prepared their own celebration; a grotesque tribute to inherited wealth and institutionalized greed. They call it the One Big Beautiful Bill.
The timing is poetic. The implications are criminal.
The Rich Are Doing Just Fine
Let’s pause to appreciate what the ultra-rich have been up to lately:
- Beyoncé and Jay-Z dropped $200 million on a Malibu estate, the most expensive home ever sold in California.
- Ken Griffin quietly spent more than million snapping up parcels for a private fiefdom in Palm Beach.
- Ralph Lauren bought a Ferrari for $70 million. Not a typo.
- Michael Rubin’s July 4th bash in the Hamptons last year cost more than most public high schools spend in a year.
- Kim Kardashian celebrated her Birthday in Turks & Caicos for a very affordable price of $3 million.
This isn’t just excess. It’s performance art. Yacht fleets, birthday parties that require customs clearances, and weddings that cost more than entire ZIP codes make in a year.
When you hear politicians defending new tax cuts, you’re not hearing policy. You’re hearing loyalty.
The One Big Beautiful Betrayal
The One Big Beautiful Bill is Trump’s attempt to outdo himself. It’s a sequel to the 2017 tax overhaul that slashed corporate rates and handed millionaires a windfall. This time, it’s a full-blown giveaway wrapped in patriotic language. Here’s what it does:
- Makes Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent, gifting millions to the top 1%.
- Expands loopholes for business owners, which benefits LLC owners, real estate developers, and yes, billionaires.
- Raise the estate tax exemption to $15 million per person, paving the way for multi-generational dynasties.
- Slash Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion, gutting health care for seniors, kids, and the disabled.
- Eliminates ACA subsidies, hiking health insurance costs for low- and middle-income Americans.
- Imposes harsh work requirements on people already surviving on the edge.
Let’s be clear: this is a blueprint to enrich the wealthy by stripping dignity from those who already have the least.
Main Street vs. Monte Carlo
The average American is not buying a $500 million yacht (Jeff Bezos), or building a private space program (Elon Musk), or purchasing Manhattan apartments to demolish them for the view (Ken Griffin). They’re:
- Choosing between rent and insulin.
- Juggling two jobs while still qualifying for Medicaid.
- Praying the car makes it one more week so they can get to work.
And here comes Congress with a bill that says: “Don’t worry, billionaires. Help is on the way.”
The contrast is not just appalling. It’s also intentional.
Whose Side Is Congress Really On?
Let’s talk about the people voting for this bill and how much they stand to gain:
Wealthy Republican Lawmakers Promoting The One Big Beautiful Bill
| Name | Chamber | State | Net Worth | People on Medicaid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Scott | Senate | FL | $551M | 3.5 Million |
| Kevin Hern | House | OK | $361M | 800,000+ |
| Vern Buchanan | House | FL | $249M | 118,000 |
| Pete Ricketts | Senate | NE | $170M | 300,000 |
| Roger Williams | House | TX | $67M | 1.2 Million |
| Buddy Carter | House | GA | $66M | 1.7 Million+ |
| John Hoeven | Senate | ND | $93M | 120,000+ |
| Mitch McConnell | Senate | KY | $50M | 1.2 Million |
| Jim Risch | Senate | ID | $42M | 400,000+ |
| Steve Daines | Senate | MT | $33M | 250,000+ |
| Ron Johnson | Senate | WI | $54M | 1.1 Million |
| Rick W. Allen | House | GA | $52M | 1.5 Million+ |
These men are designing a tax code that benefits them, while tens of millions of their constituents struggle to afford food, prescriptions, or a check-up. They will pocket tax breaks worth more than most Americans will earn in a lifetime.
This isn’t governance. It’s grift.
Trump Is Not Your Champion
Let’s drop the pretense. Donald Trump doesn’t care about working people. He cares about donors, cronies, and lining the pockets of anyone who will help carry him across the finish line, whether it’s in an election or a courtroom.
His political agenda isn’t about forgotten Americans. It’s about remembered bank accounts.
Anyone paying attention should see this clearly: the man who markets himself as a champion of the common worker is building a machine designed to transfer public wealth into private jets.
Let’s Name It
The One Big Beautiful Bill isn’t an economic strategy — it’s a redistribution scheme. Only in this case, it moves wealth from the bottom up. It punishes poverty and calls it reform. It rewards excess and calls it freedom.
We can call it “trickle-down,” or “job creation,” or any number of euphemisms Wall Street marketers prefer. But really, it’s just a wealth transfer. And you’re not invited to the ceremony.
Use Your Outrage
This is not just about Jeff Bezos’s $55 million wedding. It’s about the culture that celebrates it and the government that subsidizes it.
And when this vote is cast, and it will be, don’t forget who stood on the side of billionaires and against working families. Name them. Write them down. Etch them into your community’s memory.
Because this is not just about tax policy. It’s about values, and about who is willing to sacrifice your health, your care, and your future to finance another superyacht.
So let’s be clear:
Primary every last one of them.
Show up in 2026.
Organize in your district.
Support candidates who fight for people, not portfolios.
Call it what it is. Share it. Shout it. Organize against it.
Because as long as these men write the rules, the rest of us are just extras in their masquerade.