SIDE BY SIDE: Everyday Americans Suffer while Billionaires & Corporations Thrive

SIDE BY SIDE: Everyday Americans Suffer while Billionaires & Corporations Thrive

Life has become significantly harder for working people and families over the last 12 months. But for Donald Trump and his family, Republicans in Congress, and all their billionaire buddies, this last year has been incredibly lucrative.

Donald Trump and the Republican Congress have only further rigged the system against working people, and are getting richer themselves as a result. It’s no wonder that Republicans are losing the working class, and Trump’s approval has hit a new low with independents.

ICYMI – take a look at the winners (billionaires + corporations) and losers (everyday Americans) from the first year of Trump’s second term:

Winners (Billionaires & Corporations)	Losers (Everyday Americans)
*President Trump & his family: Made* at least $1.4 billion in profits off of the presidency. (That’s 16,822 times the median U.S. household income.)	*Everyday Americans:* Higher costs, less care, more hunger and *nonstop* fear. ICE is terrorizing families and killing people in our neighborhoods: $75 billion in taxpayer dollars went to expand funding for immigration enforcement in the OBBBA. Rising costs are exacerbating the affordability crisis for working families: Healthcare costs jumped by nearly 10%. Electricity prices increased by 6.9% over the past year, energy prices in general by 7.4%, natural gas by 9.1% and fuel oil by 11.3% Job growth slowed considerably. Fewer than 50,000 new jobs a month were created in 2025, the weakest record in more than 20 years. Tens of millions of Americans saw their health care premiums more than triple because of the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits. Gutted services are piling additional costs, debts, and economic insecurity onto families: 16 million people will lose their health care altogether due to the OBBBA cuts to Medicaid and the ACA. 3 million people are set to lose access to SNAP benefits that help them put food on the table. Cost increases for everyday Americans that outpace the minimal tax benefits in the law that will reach them.
*Members of Congress: Gave themselves* big tax savings via the OBBBA: Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA): +$59,000 Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT): +$51,000 Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI): $50,000 Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH): +$50,500 Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA):+$35,000 Rep. Bresnahan (R-PA): +$23,600 Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO): +$18,700 Rep. Thomas Kean (R-NJ): +$17,900 Rep. John James (R-MI): +$12,400 Rep. Nick Begich (R-AK): +$10,000
*Tech Moguls:* Massive wealth spikes and less oversight and regulation Elon Musk of Tesla / SpaceX: +73% Sergey Brin of Google: +37% Larry Page of Google: +31% Jensen Huang of NVIDIA: +32% Larry Ellison of Oracle: +15% Jeff Bezos of Amazon: +7%
*Big Bank Billionaires:* Stock shares that more than doubled the U.S. market gain overall Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan: +34% Jane Fraser, Citi: +65% David Solomon, Goldman Sachs: +53% Richard Fairbank, CapitolOne: +36%
*Retail CEOs:* Massive income tax savings from the OBBBA Andrew Jassy, Amazon: $6.9 million C. Douglas McMillon, Walmart: $6.7 million Brian C. Cornell, Target: $6.2 million Ernie Herrman, TJX: $4.5 million

Winners (Billionaires & Corporations)

Losers (Everyday Americans)

President Trump & his family: Made at least $1.4 billion in profits off of the presidency.

(That’s 16,822 times the median U.S. household income.)

Everyday Americans: Higher costs, less care, more hunger and nonstop fear.

ICE is terrorizing families and killing people in our neighborhoods:

$75 billion in taxpayer dollars went to expand funding for immigration enforcement in the OBBBA.

Rising costs are exacerbating the affordability crisis for working families:

Healthcare costs jumped by nearly 10%.

Electricity prices increased by 6.9% over the past year, energy prices in general by 7.4%, natural gas by 9.1% and fuel oil by 11.3%

Job growth slowed considerably. Fewer than 50,000 new jobs a month were created in 2025, the weakest record in more than 20 years.
Tens of millions of Americans saw their health care premiums more than triple because of the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits.

Gutted services are piling additional costs, debts, and economic insecurity onto families:

16 million people will lose their health care altogether due to the OBBBA cuts to Medicaid and the ACA.
3 million people are set to lose access to SNAP benefits that help them put food on the table.

Cost increases for everyday Americans that outpace the minimal tax benefits in the law that will reach them.

Members of Congress: Gave themselves big tax savings via the OBBBA:

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA): +$59,000
Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT): +$51,000
Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI): $50,000
Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH): +$50,500
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA):+$35,000
Rep. Bresnahan (R-PA): +$23,600
Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO): +$18,700
Rep. Thomas Kean (R-NJ): +$17,900
Rep. John James (R-MI): +$12,400
Rep. Nick Begich (R-AK): +$10,000

Tech Moguls: Massive wealth spikes and less oversight and regulation

Elon Musk of Tesla / SpaceX: +73%
Sergey Brin of Google: +37%
Larry Page of Google: +31%
Jensen Huang of NVIDIA: +32%
Larry Ellison of Oracle: +15%
Jeff Bezos of Amazon: +7%

Big Bank Billionaires: Stock shares that more than doubled the U.S. market gain overall

Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan: +34%
Jane Fraser, Citi: +65%
David Solomon, Goldman Sachs: +53%
Richard Fairbank, CapitolOne: +36%

Retail CEOs: Massive income tax savings from the OBBBA

Andrew Jassy, Amazon: $6.9 million
C. Douglas McMillon, Walmart: $6.7 million
Brian C. Cornell, Target: $6.2 million
Ernie Herrman, TJX: $4.5 million