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The President Donald Trump-backed budget bill that was recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives contains what I consider a heartless, unchristian, and draconian cuts to Medicaid and food assistance programs, which will unfavorably impact millions of Americans, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). It also institutes harsh work requirements for Medicaid recipients. This combines with $3.75 trillion in tax cuts over the next decade, which will provide much higher tax savings to the wealthiest Americans than to average wage earners, and add $2.4 trillion to our already $36 trillion deficit.
For me, a major concern is the more yearly deficits we add to our long-term debt, especially with this deficit-producing, destructive and unAmerican Republican-backed legislation that benefit the wealthy, the less money we have available in the future for essential social network programs such as Medicaid, Social Security, Medicare and other benefits that favor the middle class and society’s less fortunate.
I can only conclude that Trump’s “big beautiful bill” is one more sham that ultimately favors the most wealthy at the expense of the overwhelming majority of Americans.
Rich Stuart
Thomaston
