Dear MoveOn member,
Under the cover of darkness Tuesday night, the Republican-led House of
Representatives voted to take away health care, food assistance, and even
child care and preschool education from their constituents to fund their
tax cuts for the rich.^1
The House passed a budget reconciliation bill that would give $4.5
trillion in tax cuts to corporations and billionaires like Elon Musk.^2
To pay for it, the bill orders $2 trillion in cuts from programs like
Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Head
Start.^3
We are now a giant step closer to making Musk's drastic DOGE cuts the law
of the land, and it's up to the Senate to put a stop to this travesty. If
we are going to stop the decimation of support for millions of people, we
have to pull out all the stops to make sure Republicans hear loudly from
their constituents and MoveOn members like you about how unpopular this
bill is.
Trump and his MAGA Congress are trying to rush through a budget that
betrays working families and will harm us in a multitude of ways, while
deepening income inequality, which is already at a breaking point in our
country. We need to sound the alarm LOUDLY and QUICKLY.
Will you donate $5 a month to power and sustain MoveOn's
campaign to help stop Republicans from passing these massive tax cuts for
the ultra-wealthy?
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Speaker Johnson is trying to sell the American public on the idea that
MAGA Is simply ridding the government of "fraud" and "waste."^4
It's BS, plain and simple.
$2 trillion is more than one-third of all government spending.^5 The $1.1
trillion MAGA wants to hand to billionaires in the first year is the
equivalent of all Medicaid and SNAP funding.^6
There is just no way to cut $2 trillion from government spending
(especially as the Republican bill increases border security and military
funding) without program-ending cuts to health care, green energy, and
education.
So while 72 million people rely on Medicaid for health care, Trump and
Speaker Johnson are trying to cut our entire social safety net to give
money back to people making more than $743,000 a year.^7
Will you pitch in $5 monthly to power MoveOn's efforts to
shut down this horrifying budget bill and fuel our work to stop more cuts
to lifesaving programs?
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payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through
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However, there is a silver lining in the middle of this dumpster fire.
The cuts that MAGA is proposing are deeply unpopular. Almost
three-quarters of voters oppose Medicaid cuts, and the vast majority want
more spending on education and Social Security.^8,9
The more people hear of this bill, the more they'll fight it—and Speaker
Johnson managed to pass his bill by only one vote.^10 Every Democrat voted
against it, including one who carried her 1-month-old infant onto the
floor to vote! We can make this bill so unpopular in the Senate that even
Republicans won't touch it.
We need to make sure as many voices as possible are raised to stop Trump's
tax cuts for the wealthy at our expense.
That work includes MoveOn's undertaking a massive effort to move our
digital tools—including the system we use to send you emails like this—to
platforms that are aligned with the progressive movement. All while we are
also running a full-court press to protect our communities by stopping
Trump's chaos, as he further enriches these same billionaires.
We need you with us today. Will you start a $5 monthly
donation?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month. If you've saved your
payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through
immediately.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
Thanks for all you do.
–Toni, Jensine, Olga, Amy, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Trump budget bill extending first-term tax cuts survives House vote,"
Fox News, February 25, 2025
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2. Ibid.
3. "House Budget Would Increase Costs and Hardship for Many While
Providing Huge Tax Breaks for a Wealthy Few," Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities, February 25, 2025
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4. "Trump budget bill extending first-term tax cuts survives House vote,"
Fox News, February 25, 2025
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5. "Musk says he can cut $2 trillion from budget at Trump rally," Fortune,
October 28, 2024
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6. "House Budget Would Increase Costs and Hardship for Many While
Providing Huge Tax Breaks for a Wealthy Few," Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities, February 25, 2025
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7. Ibid.
8. "71 percent of Trump voters oppose Medicaid cuts: Poll," The Hill,
February 25, 2025
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9. "Where U.S. adults think the government is spending too much and too
little, according to AP-NORC poll," PBS News, February 14, 2025
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10. "House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts,"
The New York Times, February 26, 2025
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