Washington D.C — According to a new report by the non-partisan Yale Budget Lab, Republicans’ tariffs are literally ripping away thousands of dollars from working-class people while giving more tax breaks to billionaires. But hey – it could be worse! They could have also slashed Medicaid, raised health insurance premiums, stunted U.S. job growth, ballooned the national debt, ripped food off children’s plates by cutting SNAP, and killed thousands of green energy jobs!
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This new report comes as Unrig Our Economy launches a new interactive website, Don’t Inflate Our Plates, which shows how Republicans’ policies are hurting working people’s wallets. The new, interactive website features real-time grocery price data, state-by-state price insights, and accessible storytelling that reveals how the Republican economic agenda is selling out American families in order to bankroll tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations.
“This new report is just further evidence that Republicans in Congress are dead set on putting billionaires first no matter the cost to the rest of us,” said Unrig Our Economy Campaign Director Leor Tal. “We need Republicans in Congress to stand up for their constituents, end these cost-raising tariffs, and stop making families pay for their pro-billionaire agenda.”
To learn more about the campaign, visit UnrigOurEconomy.com or contact press@unrigoureconomy.com
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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.