Letter: Williams is no friend of regular working folks
Brandon Williams and the Republican Party will not fight for you. Brandon Williams is an out of touch multi-millionaire. He doesn't understand your economic needs. He doesn't know the feeling of sitting down with the monthly bills and wondering which ones must be paid now, and which can be put off a little longer. He doesn't know the feeling of getting to the checkout register and wondering if there is enough money in the bank to cover the full order of groceries.
Williams will only fight for his fellow millionaires and billionaires, not you. If elected, he will vote to extend the Trump tax cuts for billionaires and corporations. The Congressional Budget Office estimates this alone will add $4.6 trillion to the deficit over 10 years. Let's be clear — the only way to make up this kind of deficit is to cut Social Security and Medicare, and that is exactly what Trump and Williams will do. Trump has proposed budgets that cut Social Security and Medicare. If elected again, he will do this again, and Brandon Williams will help him every step of the way.
And if you're not on Social Security or Medicare, the Trump/Williams plan will still hurt you. Trump has proposed generating large amounts of funds via tariffs, but he doesn't understand how tariffs work. Other countries won't be paying more to the U.S. for goods from overseas, instead, those costs will be passed directly to you, the consumer. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center has estimated that this will cost the average household an additional $1,800 per year. That money means nothing to a multimillionaire like Brandon Williams, but it will hurt you.
You have the power to change this. If Brandon Williams won't fight for the regular working folks of this area, then you can. This election, vote for a former schoolteacher who will fight for the working people of central New York. Drop Brandon Williams to the curb and vote for John Mannion.
Gregg Eriksen lives in Skaneateles.
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