Republican Budget Prioritizes Tax Cuts While Slashing Programs Working Families Depend On

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of  Representatives passed a budget package that would rip away health care  and food assistance from working families, while handing trillions in  permanent tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans and large corporations.  In fact, this single piece of legislation would result in the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in U.S. history. The bill would cut $600 billion from Medicaid and eliminate the Affordable Care Act tax credits, cut over $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food aid, and cement Trump’s 2017 tax cuts for the wealthy at a cost of over $3.8 trillion.

In response to this Republican budget, Executive Director of the Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy Sondra Goldschein, released the following statement:

“Working families are already facing impossible choices — between  paying the bills, feeding their kids, and caring for loved ones. This  bill would only make their personal finances worse. It kicks millions  off Medicaid, guts food assistance, and locks in massive tax breaks for  the ultra-wealthy. At a time when American families are clamoring for  relief from high prices, this budget delivers another blow — along with  hundreds of broken promises to the constituents these Republican  lawmakers are supposed to represent.”

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The Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy is fighting for a future where all people can afford to care for  themselves and their loved ones. We do this by building political power  to pass policies that lower costs for families, like paid family and  medical leave, quality, affordable child care and elder care.