Today, Mike Jonson flew to Idaho in an attempt to rebrand Donald Trump’s disastrous budget bill as a “working families tax cut.” But here’s the truth: Working families are getting screwed by Trump’s unaffordable agenda, while his billionaire buddies and donors get richer from their new, permanent, massive tax cuts.
In response, Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea released the following statement:
“Mike Johnson came to Idaho to push Trump’s billionaire-first budget bill from a billionaire’s boardroom. That says it all. He didn’t meet with parents of kids with disabilities worried about losing Medicaid. He didn’t listen to seniors who rely on Medicare or veterans who depend on their hard-earned benefits. He didn’t talk to farmers hurt by Trump’s trade war. He didn’t hear from working families already stretched thin by high costs. Instead, he met behind closed doors with the wealthy donors he and his party answer to. This visit is just the latest example of Republican politicians putting billionaires first and leaving the rest of us behind.”
Trump’s economy is in the toilet. Despite saying he would lower costs on Day One of his presidency, prices in stores and on electricity bills continue to soar, it’s getting harder and harder to find a job, and buying a home remains out of reach for too many Americans. Trump’s unhinged trade war has also put businesses in survival mode, and manufacturing employment has fallen by 28,000 jobs since he took office.
Meanwhile, Trump’s budget bill is the biggest wealth transfer in history from working and middle-class families to the richest Americans. 3,900 Idahoans are projected to lose their jobs. Nearly 73,000 Idahoans will have their health care ripped away; more than one in four nursing homes and 3 rural Idaho hospitals are at risk of closure; and 6,200 Idaho families will lose food assistance.
Despite how they try to rebrand their signature achievement, the Trump regime’s budget is the most unpopular budget on record — and Republicans in Congress know it.
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