Cut Taxes for the Rich? – action.pfaw.org

Congress is moving forward with plans to cut critical health, nutrition, and educations programs for working families to pay for additional tax cuts for the wealthy.

Budget reconciliation bills are coming to the House and Senate floors for votes this fall that cut programs such as Medicaid, Food Stamps, student loans. House Republican leadership actually favors an increase in the size of these cuts, and wants to add to the chopping block programs such as child welfare services for abused and neglected children, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program for people with disabilities. Proposals for across the board cuts in funding bills for Head Start, education, public health, and environmental programs are also on the table.

Let me put it in perspective. As much as $66 billion would be cut from these programs to pay for the $70 billion in tax cuts the Congress plans to adopt to benefit the wealthy.

Please take action – tell your Senators and Representatives to

VOTE NO on budget bills that cut programs and taxes

VOTE NO on across-the-board cuts to programs in funding bills

VOTE NO on more “welfare benefits” to the megarich.

Tell your members of Congress where your priorities are.