Following the Senate Republicans’ vote late Thursday to approve a budget resolution that paves the way for massive tax cuts for the wealthy and devastating cuts to the social safety net, MoveOn.org warned in an email to supporters that the fight to stop the “grotesque” GOP budget will be “even harder” than the battle against Trumpcare and urged Americans to begin mobilizing in opposition.
“Are we a democracy, with government by, of, and for the people? Or are we an oligarchy, ruled by a tiny, self-serving elite?”
—MoveOn.orgThe Senate’s approval of the Republican budget “is the starting gun for what might be the most consequential legislative fight of the Trump era: the looting of the U.S. treasury to reward billionaire GOP donors and mega-corporations, at the expense of the rest of us,” MoveOn noted.
The group went on to caution Americans against becoming distracted by the “constant barrage of other news” and allowing the GOP’s tax plan to fly under the radar.
“The public’s reaction at that moment will be critical. Donald Trump and his Republican pals will be in turbo spin mode, lying about who would benefit,” MoveOn noted. “We can’t let them get away with this. If enough of us raise our voices, together—with phone calls, protests, social media posts, letters to the editor—we can break through and make sure that the public learns what’s really in the GOP bill and how it will tear at communities and hurt families around the country.”
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