John,
House Republicans are advancing Trump’s so-called "big beautiful bill" that does something truly ugly by slashing healthcare and food assistance for tens of millions of Americans, all to fund a new round of Trump’s tax cuts mostly for the rich, including billionaires. Medicaid, which provides health insurance for 70 million people, faces up to $880 billion in cuts. SNAP, the program that feeds over 40 million people, could be cut by $230 billion. And why? To bankroll $5.5 trillion in tax breaks that will mostly go to the ultra-rich and large, profitable corporations.[1]
The full scope of this tax scheme is even more disturbing than we thought. White House communications show that Trump’s demands include slashing the corporate tax rate again, giving a special tax cut to foreign-derived profits, repealing clean energy credits from the Inflation Reduction Act, and creating loopholes for the same industries that bankroll GOP campaigns.
It’s a brutal tax agenda written by billionaires, for billionaires, paid for by taking food and medicine away from working people.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t about balancing budgets, it's about redistributing wealth from working families to wealthy Wall Street donors. The GOP is pushing red-tape reporting requirements for Medicaid and SNAP, not because they improve lives or prevent abuse, but because they will result in millions of eligible people being kicked off of these programs in order to “save” money. That’s money they’ll then hand to the richest 1% in the form of permanent tax giveaways.
This right-wing budget would leave children hungry, working families uninsured, seniors without funding for assisted living, and communities stripped of critical services, all while billionaires add another yacht to their fleet. And they’re hoping the public won’t notice.
But we’re not looking away. We’re organizing, mobilizing, and fighting back because we’ve stopped them before. And we’re slowing them down now. Thanks to public pressure, they’ve already delayed committee votes on Medicaid, SNAP, and permanent tax cuts for billionaires. Now we have to turn up the heat.
Write to your members of Congress today and demand they reject any budget that cuts Medicaid and SNAP to pay for more tax cuts for billionaires and large corporations.
The Trump tax cuts from 2017 didn’t “pay for themselves.” They added nearly $2 trillion to the national debt while padding the pockets of hedge fund managers and stuffing the coffers of mega-corporations―money that was then used to further enrich investors, not invest in workers and their families.[2]
Now, instead of admitting failure, the GOP wants to double down on their tax scam―paid for by cutting the healthcare and nutrition benefits of working people.
They’ll tell you that Medicaid and SNAP are “bloated,” “unsustainable,” or “rife with fraud.” That’s a lie. These programs are lifelines, not luxuries. They keep food on the table, prescriptions filled, hospital visits from turning into bankruptcy, and allow seniors to afford assisted living facilities. Slashing them means more hunger, more suffering, more preventable deaths.
We cannot let them normalize cruelty. Congress must let the Trump tax cuts expire and raise new revenue by making the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share. That’s how we protect Medicaid, strengthen SNAP, and build a future where every family can thrive.
Our activism is working. Let’s keep going. Raise your voice. Write to Congress today and tell them to oppose cuts to Medicaid and SNAP to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
Together, we can stop this cruelty.
David Kass
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
[1] House GOP nears plan for Trump’s agenda — but may not have the votes
[2] Trump & Musk Families Could Save Billions From Republican Tax Plans
