Readers respond to the Question of the Week:

How beautiful is Trump’s big bill?

It’s like Christmas morning, every morning

When someone hits the casino jackpot with all the bells, flashing lights, patrons screaming for joy, well that’s the sensational feeling I’ve been experiencing since the big guy hit the ground running. And, it seems to have become a daily event. Christmas morning, every morning! Grab that cup of coffee, the TV can’t come on fast enough, unwrapping the morning paper with the expectation of what’ll be in the next present. There must be an aura about me, strangers sense that old guy with the wrap-around grin is happy about something. The previous administration’s mess and their inability to understand the Constitution, democracy and how to administer an economy are being addressed. Communist societies’ oligarchs are only capable of taking wealth, they have no clue as to how wealth is created. The Big Beautiful Bill will have professor Trump teaching macro-economics over the forthcoming semester.

— John R. Waters, Lake Forest

The BBB is certainly big

In 2011, the newspaper ran my article, which started with “Debt is the worst drug in America, because it directly harms most of the people.” Sadly, that is still the case. It is no wonder that our government mirrors the behavior of too many citizens, living in denial while hooked on debt. Federal debt is now over $108,000 per citizen. We have a strong economy, so there is still time to keep freedom, but not much time. The “Big Beautiful Bill” is certainly big, and has some very good features, but also has very, very ugly spending to be financed with even uglier debt. When will we get serious about rejecting the siren songs of the debt pushers?

— F. Stephen Masek, Mission Viejo

This bill is hardly beautiful

President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill may reflect great alliteration and lowering taxes for the wealthy, but as Rep. Nancy Pelosi says, and I agree, it’s “Robin Hood in reverse.” Now that the legislation is passed, it will hurt low-income families through cuts in Medicaid, SNAP and other assistance programs. So, with millions of Americans losing health care and food assistance, this “big bill” could hardly be described as “beautiful.”

— Isadora Johnson, Seal Beach