John,
It’s happening. We’re less than one week from Donald Trump’s second inauguration and Republicans in Congress have proposed spending cuts that would decimate human needs programs and leave millions of people without assistance, all so they can extend expiring portions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that disproportionately benefit the highest income earners.
Republicans on the House Budget Committee are proposing $5.3+ trillion in cuts to essential programs like Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps), and the Child Tax Credit over a decade.1 $2.3 trillion of cuts would come from Medicaid alone.
Why are House Republicans proposing more than $5 trillion in cuts? Because an extension of their 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would cost virtually the same amount. A new report from the Biden administration shows that an extension of the Trump-GOP tax scam would cost $5.5 trillion―with the top 1% of income earners receiving 30% of the benefits.2
These unconscionable and extreme cuts hurt the most vulnerable in our society and would land a punishing blow to our economy, just to pay for more tax cuts for the rich. Republicans have only a slim majority and our voices and activism can make a huge difference in stopping this dangerous agenda. They just announced they intend to push the important first step for their budget plan through by the end of February, which means our work is more urgent than ever.3
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Other provisions in the legislation call for getting rid of the much-needed update to the Thrifty Food Program on which SNAP benefits are based and reinstating the “public charge” rule from the first Trump administration that denied entry for immigrants who are seen as likely to require federal benefits. Overall, the cuts to SNAP and other anti-poverty programs are estimated to be as high as $347 billion.
We can’t allow the new Congress and incoming administration to undo all the progress we’ve worked so hard to achieve. These cruel cuts must not become law. If we demand that Democrats hold the line, and we peel off just a few Republicans, we can stop them.
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Deborah Weinstein
Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs
1 House Budget Committee Spending Reform Outline
2 The Cost and Distribution of Extending Expiring Provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
3 Johnson wants budget blueprint passed by Feb. 27
