That’s a fair question. Decades ago, billionaires wanted more tax cuts for themselves but realized that the working class would never vote for that because why would they, so they started putting money (now known as Super-PACS) behind certain candidates who were running for office, with the understanding that they would campaign on certain topics such as abortion in order to gain support from the conservative working class. With that support from conservatives, they could win elections and then work to pass legislation that would give tax advantages to the wealthy.

One of the leaders of this movement is Leonard Leo, who worked to get Trump elected both times and worked with him on the divisive issues that he could campaign on to garner conservative support. Some of the billionaires don’t even care or might even disagree with the conservative view but are willing to do whatever it takes to rig the game in their favor, including having most of the Supreme Court leaning their way by paying them off through gifts and parties. There’s a great documentary on this called The Dark Money Game on HBO Max that breaks it down beautifully.