This week, the Republican majority in the House of Representatives is working to advance a budget that slashes Medicaid and food assistance—lifelines for millions of struggling Americans—while raising taxes on those making less than $30,000 a year. The people with the least will sacrifice the most if Trump’s “Big Beautiful Budget” passes.
The Tweet above shows United States Representative from California, Mr. Gomez reading line items from Trump’s proposed budget, asking Thomas Barthold, Chief of staff, Joint Committee on Taxation, to confirm the following, which he does:
- In 2027, someone making less than $15,000 a year will have an increase in federal income taxes of 18.7%.
- Those making $15-$30,000 annual income will see a raise in federal taxes of 11%.
- In 2029, those same people who earn less than $15,000 will have an increase in federal taxes of 53.5%
- The $15-$30.000 bracket will rise 11.7%.
- In 2031, it will go up to 74.3% for the poorest Americans. (Is this a backdoor approach to stealing social security from grandma?)
- $15-$30k will pay 20.6% more.
“And you want to cut their Medicaid. But yet you want people to have more babies.” ~U.S. House member Jimmy Gomez.
Add inflation caused by Trump’s tariff policy to those tax hikes, and people on fixed incomes will slip closer or deeper into poverty.
This bill takes health coverage away from 8.6 million people. Remember, the minimum wage is not a living wage. Medicaid provides healthcare for the working poor. It supplements Medicare for older adults, and the disabled. Republicans are the “pro-life party” and they don’t want to give health insurance to pregnant women or the children they birth, by choice, or not. Medicaid finances 42% of all births in America. Those babies need healthcare.
In Trump’s first 100 days, 121,000 federal employees have been laid off or targeted for layoffs firings. Dozens of government watchdog agencies have been shuttered. Somehow the debt still increased by more than $200 billion. Where did that money go?
Musk can slash all the social services he wants; doing so will not offset the massive losses top-heavy tax breaks will add to the deficit.
Pro-life Republicans are monsters. Prove me wrong.
Contrary to their claim, giving tax cuts to the affluent does not stimulate the economy. The wealthy hoard their wealth, reinvesting in their own stock portfolios—not in workers or communities. It’s everyday people spending money to meet basic needs, who keep the economy moving.
Speaker Johnson, R-La., can afford to lose only three Republican votes on the bill due to the party’s slim majority in the House—if Democrats vote unanimously oppose it. He’s already lost one.
GOP Congressman Mike Lawler just announced he’s voting no on Trump’s budget plan—to cut Medicaid and SNAP while funding massive tax breaks for the rich.
Keep the pressure on. It works.
CALL YOUR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS
(202) 225-3121 Tell them to vote NO.
Watch how your elected officials vote on this and vote accordingly when they come up for reelection.
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As per ‘Call to activism’: “Chaos at the Rayburn Building. A Congressional hearing just stopped cold as protesters flooded the halls to fight Medicaid cuts. 26 protesters were arrested for disrupting the ‘GOP megabill’ markup.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/195227/donald-trump-tax-bill-campaign-promises-tips
They have no shame.
A lot from Lydia 
Thomas Barthold=word salad. Did he even understand what he said, because I sure didn’t.
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Talking in circles is their specialty. But, he admitted the tax hikes for those earning under $30k and the eventual 75% tax on individuals making less than $17k. That surprised me. I hope people heard him.
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