Washington, D.C. — A recent piece from CNN outlines how the Republican Tax Scam would hurt working-class families to give billionaires another tax break, specifically highlighting the disastrous impact of cutting Medicaid on millions of Americans. The article cited recent ads from Unrig Our Economy, including the TV ad featuring Audrey, an Omaha, NE resident and constituent of Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02). In the ad, Audrey calls out what Congressman Bacon and Republicans in Congress are doing in this bill: “He’s actually cutting Medicaid so he can give tax breaks to big corporations and billionaires.”
Here are some of the highlights of the article:
- “…for the first time in 30 years, the GOP has tied large spending cuts that will mostly hurt families below the median income in the same bill with big tax cuts that mostly benefit families above it.”
- “Simultaneously, according to nonpartisan analyses, the bill could strip health insurance from at least 16 million Americans and significantly cut food assistance — while also providing tax cuts worth over $100,000 annually to the top 0.1% of earners.”
- “An early skirmish between Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska and a liberal advocacy group is previewing how the debate may play out next year over what Republicans, adopting President Trump’s terminology, are calling their ‘One Big Beautiful Bill.’”
- “Unrig the Economy, the liberal advocacy group, has run radio and television ads in Bacon’s Omaha district attacking him over his vote supporting the budget bill when it passed the House in May.”
- “‘He’s actually cutting Medicaid so he can give tax breaks to big corporations and billionaires,’ an Omaha woman identified as Audrey declares in the television ad.”
- “Both the Congressional Budget Office and the budget model developed by the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, found that families on the lowest rungs of the income ladder would lose more from the spending cuts than they would gain from the tax savings.”
- “Only those at the top would see big gains: CBO calculated the top 10% of earners would average about $12,000 in additional annual income from the bill, while the Penn Wharton model found that the top 0.1% would net over $103,000 annually.”
To learn more about the campaign, visit UnrigOurEconomy.com or contact press@unrigoureconomy.com
###
About Unrig Our Economy
Unrig Our Economy is a national campaign to fix the rules of our economy to make it work for working people. We know that when the middle class does well, all of us do well — which is why we’re fighting on behalf of working Americans and holding corporations, their wealthy executives, and the politicians who enable them accountable.