I think this is one of the saddest days in modern American history.
This is the largest withdrawal of healthcare in American history. 17 million Americans in our country are going to lose their Medicaid. They're going to lose their ACA insurance.
Small business owners are going to have their healthcare costs skyrocket and people are going to have their SNAP and WIC cut back. People are going to go hungry. People are going to get sick on a scale unlike anything we've ever seen.
And all of it is just to finance tax cuts for billionaires and the wealthiest corporations who don't even need it.
I don't think I've ever seen — I don't think we have ever seen — or are prepared for how catastrophic this is set to be for a lot of people.
It's devastating.
They're talking about this as though it's some 'tax cut' — even the no taxes on tips, that's only up to $25,000.
They're giving people crumbs, and they're taking away the whole loaf. It's just a genuinely sad day for our country.
The best thing that we can do right now is press on. And in order for us to salvage what we have, and to build through, we have to chart a new course to our future.
If you're on Medicaid, or the ACA, or rely on Medicare to help with your long-term care: there have to be consequences for these votes. We have to decide if this is just a joke, or just 'for TV', or if this is our real lives.
And I hope people vote like it is.
In solidarity,
Alexandria
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