We Have a President, Not a King. A Constitution, Not a Crown. So Why Is This Government Acting Like It Owns Us?
The House budget reconciliation bill passed on May 22, 2025, is not just fiscally irresponsible—it is ideologically un-American. It weaponizes the federal budget to reward the powerful and punish the people, all while pretending to be about “responsibility” and “reform.” Let me be absolutely clear: this is not what democracy looks like. This is what centralized, authoritarian control looks like.
And we’ve seen it before—in Marxist regimes.
I. Capitalism Is Not a Monarchy
Real capitalism is built on decentralized opportunity. It is not designed to ration wealth or favor insiders—it’s meant to create mobility. To grow a nation’s economy, you must deploy resources where they produce value: food, health, education, infrastructure, small business credit.
But this bill does the opposite.
It slashes Medicaid—a program that provides care not just to the poor but also pays for two-thirds of America’s nursing home beds and nearly half of all U.S. births. It guts SNAP benefits, which feed hungry families and keep grocery stores in rural and urban neighborhoods alive. It proposes work requirements for health care in a country where tens of millions are already working multiple jobs to survive.
All while locking in the Trump-era corporate tax cuts, adding $3.8 trillion in tax cuts, mostly for people who need it least.
What do you call that? You don’t call it capitalism. You call it command economics—when the government controls the flow of resources from the top down.
II. Karl Marx Would Approve
Let’s not be fooled. You can wrap communism in a flag and call it freedom—but it’s still tyranny.
“The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.”
— Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
When the federal government punishes workers by stripping their access to health care unless they “comply,” and then hands out trillions in unearned tax breaks to consolidated industries, it is no longer the servant of the people. It becomes the arbiter of who thrives and who dies. That is not capitalism. That is economic rationing—the very essence of communism.
III. Adams Warned Us
John Adams, second president of the United States, feared this day would come:
“Power must never be trusted without a check.”
“The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God… anarchy and tyranny commence.”
This budget is unchecked power masquerading as fiscal discipline. It concentrates wealth, strips economic freedom, and removes the moral foundation of governance: to protect and provide for the welfare of all citizens.
IV. The Budget Is a Disparate Impact Case Waiting to Happen
Under civil rights law, a disparate impact occurs when a facially neutral policy disproportionately harms a protected group—even without explicit racial intent.
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Medicaid: Covers 41% of all births, over 60% of Black mothers, and 70% of Latino children in some states.
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SNAP: Over half of recipients are working families, disproportionately Black and Latino.
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Social Security: 90% white. Untouched.
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Corporate Tax Loopholes: Overwhelmingly benefit white-owned businesses. Locked in.
The courts ruled in Griggs v. Duke Power Co. (1971) and reaffirmed in Texas Dept. of Housing v. Inclusive Communities Project (2015) that disparate impact violates civil rights.
This budget targets economic tools Black and Brown families rely on, while sparing the systems that disproportionately benefit white, wealthy Americans. That’s not policy—it’s a pattern. That’s not reform—it’s racialized regression.
V. What Real Conservatives Believe
Real conservatism is not about cruelty. It’s not about starvation as a motivator or removing health care as a discipline tool.
“A society that puts equality—in the sense of equality of outcome—ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom.”
— Milton Friedman
This budget doesn’t promote equality of opportunity. It stifles it. It doesn’t shrink government—it weaponizes it against the most vulnerable.
“The more the state plans, the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.”
— Friedrich Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
We are living that now. The more this government “plans” your work schedule, your benefits, your food access, your healthcare choices—the less freedom you have. That is not American. That is totalitarianism with a press release.
VI. The Bill’s Communist DNA
Let’s call it out plainly:
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Central planning: Check
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Rewarding loyalty (corporate donors) over performance: Check
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Punishing dissenting populations (urban, minority, low-income): Check
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Eliminating federal investment in people and community: Check
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Rationing food, healthcare, and housing: Check
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Controlling the conditions of labor: Check
This is not fiscal policy. This is a centralized resource allocation strategy designed to regulate who participates in the American economy.
VII. This Is Not a Red or Blue Issue. It’s a Red Flag.
Let me be very clear.
I am not writing this as a Democrat.
I am not writing this as a Republican.
I am writing this as an American—a citizen who believes in capitalism, competition, and the Constitution.
This bill is a betrayal of all three.
VIII. Final Word: What We Signed Up For
America was never perfect. But it promised opportunity.
It promised the pursuit of happiness—not just for some, but for all.
This budget is a declaration—not of independence, but of exclusion.
We are not subjects.
We are not peasants.
We are not pawns.
We are Americans.
And we did not sign up for this.
Call to Action
If you care about capitalism—real capitalism—then you should oppose this bill.
If you care about freedom—true freedom—then speak out.
If you care about this country, then demand better from those in power.
Contact your Senator. Call your Representative. Write the editor. Share this blog. Raise your voice.
Because no president—no matter the party—has the right to govern like a king.
We didn’t fight kings to kneel to tyrants.
We didn’t build capitalism to ration food, health, or freedom.
We didn’t write a Constitution so it could be overruled by cruelty disguised as courage.
This is not small government.
This is selective governance.
This is not fiscal discipline.
This is economic punishment.
This is not reform.
This is regression with a flag draped over it.
And this budget—is betrayal.
This is not capitalism.
It is control.
It is consolidation.
It is communism in disguise.
I am saying this as a Democrat.
Republican.
Or a member of any party.
I am an American.
And I did not sign up for this.
If you didn’t either,
Then now is the time to speak,
To share,
To show up,
And to say it plainly:
We will not be ruled by kings.
We will not be managed by commissars.
We will not let America be erased—budget by budget.
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Eric Lawrence Frazier, MBA
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