trumpty Leaving Working Class Behind

The Worker's Circle

The Trump administration is doing everything in its power to force this partisan budget through. But here’s the problem: It leaves working-class families behind.

In addition to cutting roughly $1 trillion from Medicaid and neglecting to renew the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits in the Big Brutal Bill, Trump and OMB Director Russell Vought, the architect of Project 2025, have canceled or blocked more than $410 billion in urgently needed funds:

• $1 billion stripped from substance use and mental health treatment programs.

• $250 million yanked from school-based mental health grants, harming over 200 programs in 30 states.

• $500 million cut from the Emergency Food Assistance Program, leaving families hungry.

As we speak, health insurance companies are finalizing premium increases that will hit families starting January 1st, at the same time that cost of living is skyrocketing for so many people.

With the expiration of enhanced ACA premium tax credits, costs could spike by over 75% on average and in a dozen states, premiums will more than double. The Congressional Budget Office warns that up to 2.2 million people could lose coverage next year alone.

Make no mistake: This is a manufactured crisis. Speaker Mike Johnson has already adjourned the House until October 1st instead of working across the aisle. The Senate rejected the House’s partisan bill. We need to tackle these very real and pressing issues for working people now.