Dear John,

Breaking news: The Senate just passed Donald Trump’s big, ugly, budget-busting, Medicaid-shattering, shafting-the-poor-and-working-class, making-the-rich-even-richer megabill by a single vote.

It’s an absolute travesty. This bill will cause 11.8 million Americans to lose health care. At least two million will lose SNAP benefits (aka food stamps). And corporations and the wealthy will disproportionately benefit from $4.5 trillion in new tax breaks.

BUT THIS FIGHT IS NOT OVER.

Importantly, there are significant differences between the Senate and House versions of the bill that must be resolved — and the more that voters learn about the bill, the more they hate it.

Inequality Media Civic Action is pulling out all the stops to mobilize our nearly 10 million social media followers in an all-out last-ditch effort to help kill this horrific bill, and we need an urgent influx of resources to help power our work.

Will you make an emergency donation right now to help educate the public and stop Trump’s big, ugly budget megabill?

I’ve worked in politics for over 50 years, and this is the most cruel, harmful, and flat-out immoral piece of legislation I’ve ever seen.

Federal spending on Medicaid, Medicare, and Obamacare would be reduced by more than $1.1 trillion, causing nearly 12 million people to lose health insurance, while millions more will see their health insurance costs skyrocket.

The Senate bill also cuts the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps) by roughly 20 percent, the most dramatic reduction in safety net spending in modern U.S. history. Half of those who lose nutritional assistance are kids.

And contrary to what you hear from Republicans and Fox News, this bill will NOT help the economy. Over the last 50 years, Congress has passed four major tax cuts, and every single one proved that “trickle-down economics” is nothing but a cruel hoax.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office confirms that if this bill becomes law, those in the bottom tenth of the income distribution will end up poorer, while the top tenth will be substantially richer.

Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all except to benefit those with wealth and power.

Inequality Media Civic Action is racing to alert the public and stop this disastrous bill from final passage, and as a grassroots-funded organization, we’re counting on your support.

Will you make an urgent donation right now to help educate the public and stop Trump’s big, ugly budget megabill?

Thank you,

Robert Reich
Inequality Media Civic Action