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John,
The Republican plan to extend Trump's tax cuts would add a staggering $4.6 trillion to the deficit―the most expensive and regressive tax giveaway in history.[1] This is $1.1 trillion more than previously estimated and it's clear who benefits: the richest 5% of Americans would reap 40% of all benefits, more than the entire bottom 80% combined.
The cost of this giveaway is devastating. Harsh application requirements and spending caps on Medicaid could force 15 million people off their coverage, while veterans’ healthcare—a lifeline for 9 million service members—faces $119 billion in funding cuts, jeopardizing critical medical services.[2]
Even Head Start, which provides early education to hundreds of thousands of low-income children, could be put on the chopping block. These and other public services that uplift families and communities are being sacrificed to fund massive tax cuts for the wealthy.
Their priorities couldn’t be clearer: cater to millionaires, billionaires, and corporations at all cost. While the richest 1% would get an average tax cut of $26,000 in 2026 alone,[3] Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk plan to use their “Department of Government Efficiency” to slash critical programs serving over 70 million low-income Americans, including veterans' healthcare, drug treatment programs, and food assistance.[4]
Tell Congress to reject cruel cuts to critical programs just to pay for more tax cuts for the rich!
Republicans have held our economy hostage, demanding cuts to IRS enforcement to protect wealthy tax cheats. Now they want to gut programs that fund international security initiatives, slash resources for the Justice Department that protect victims of violence, and even target critical funding for the State Department, which keeps us out of wars—all to fund tax cuts for billionaire donors.
The consequences would be catastrophic. Their plan even threatens drug development programs, education funding, and NASA research that leads to important technological breakthroughs right here on Earth. While billionaires get even richer, working families will lose access to healthcare, food assistance, and other vital support.
The bottom line is this: The original Trump tax scam was already a gift to the ultra-rich. Now they want to renew and expand tax cuts for the rich—and pay for it by gutting critical public services.
We must make our voices heard now. With most of these tax cuts set to expire next year, Congress has the opportunity to make a fresh start, fix our broken tax code, and make corporations and billionaires finally pay their fair share.
Stand with us: Tell Congress to reject the Republican tax scam and protect critical programs!
Thank you for taking on billionaire and corporate greed,
David Kass
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
[1] Extending Trump Tax Cuts Would Add $4.6 Trillion to the Deficit, CBO Finds
[2] Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation
[3] Extending Temporary Provisions of the 2017 Trump Tax Law: National and State-by-State Estimates
[4] 10 programs that could be on the ‘government efficiency’ chopping block
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