Hey - gotta do something to pay for the $1,500,000,000 tax cut (2.4T over 10Y). Not sure we can gut every program and reach our goal, after all. Maybe the rest of the serfs can take the money they save and buy a new car or renovate their kitchen.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/28/gary-cohn-says-1000-in-tax-savings-can-buy-a-family-a-car-kitchen.html

The top 1% gets half of the tax benefits in 2018.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/preliminary-analysis-unified-framework/full

Our rulers are just a bit out of touch about how all those people lower down actually live.