John,

The Senate is expected to vote this Thursday on a budget resolution that opens the door to the right-wing dream: shredding Medicaid and food assistance to extend massive tax cuts for billionaires and corporate power brokers.

Let’s not sugarcoat what this is: an assault on working people disguised as a budget. We’re talking about $880 billion in Medicaid cuts and a 20% reduction in food assistance for over 40 million Americans.[1] All to finance another round of handouts for Wall Street donors and ultra-wealthy elites who’ve rigged the system to keep making themselves richer.

We’ve seen this scam before. In 2017, Republicans rammed through the Trump-GOP tax scam, exploded the deficit, and then turned around and blamed so-called “entitlements” and Medicaid and SNAP for the fiscal fallout. Now they want to cause even more fiscal devastation, and budget reconciliation lets them do it with just 51 Senate votes.

But that’s where we come in. If we speak up now, we can still stop this. Senators need to feel the heat before Thursday’s budget resolution vote. We won’t sit by while they sell out our communities to bankroll yacht upgrades and Lamborghini purchases for billionaires.

Tell the Senate: REJECT any budget that slashes services to pay for billionaire tax cuts.

Let’s give them something to think about: a tidal wave of opposition. We’ve beaten back attacks like this before. We can do it again, but only if we act before Thursday’s vote.

John Foti
Legislative Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund

[1] ATF Statement on House GOP Advancing Budget Bill

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John,

This Thursday, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a budget resolution that paves the way for cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other vital services just to finance more tax giveaways for billionaires and giant corporations.

We’re talking about $880 billion ripped from Medicaid—a program that supports 1 in 5 Americans, including children, seniors, and people with disabilities.[1] If this budget passes, millions would lose access to life-saving care.

And SNAP? On the chopping block for $230 billion in cuts. That’s over 40 million Americans facing deeper hunger, kids going to bed without dinner, seniors skipping meals to afford rent, and families forced to choose between food and medicine.

Why? So billionaires and major corporations can keep their 2017 Trump-GOP tax breaks that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest households and could cost U.S. taxpayers $5 trillion over the next decade.

Tell your senators: Reject this cruel budget resolution. Don’t cut healthcare and food aid to keep billionaires flush with cash.

Over 1 million jobs could be lost if these cuts go through, and state economies could shrink by $113 billion.[2] Hospitals could shutter. Kids could go hungry. All so the richest people on Earth can pay even less in taxes.

Let’s say it clearly: this isn’t about balancing the budget. If it were, they’d close tax loopholes, end corporate giveaways, and fund the IRS to go after wealthy tax cheats. Instead, they’re gutting services working people rely on so the rich can get richer and the powerful can stay powerful. That’s what a government of, by, and for the billionaires looks like.

We don’t have to stand for this. The American people overwhelmingly support preserving and expanding Medicaid and SNAP, not gutting them—and forcing the rich and big corporations to finally pay their fair share of taxes.

Tell the Senate to reject a budget resolution that paves the way for cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and more to fund more tax breaks for billionaires and corporations.

Together, we can beat back this billionaire-fueled budget assault and protect the services millions of Americans rely on.

David Kass
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund

[1] ATF Statement on House GOP Advancing Budget Bill
[2] Federal Medicaid and SNAP Cuts Could Result in 1 Million Jobs Lost and State GDPs Falling by More than $110 Billion in 2026