Action Alert: Let Congress know Americans can’t afford reckless budget cuts!
Action Alert: Let Congress know Americans can’t afford reckless budget cuts!
Tomorrow, Friday, April 15th, the House of Representatives will vote on a Republican budget proposal that seeks to make $4.3 trillion in cuts over 10 years by slashing programs that serve low-income families including Head Start, Medicaid and Medicare, SNAP/food stamps and investments that help small businesses innovate and grow. $4.2 trillion will be used in tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit high-income earners. The burden of closing the deficit will be carried on the shoulders of the most vulnerable in society while the most privileged will not be asked to make any sacrifices, but rather reap lucrative benefits.
It is important that we, the Latino community, the largest and fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, let Congress know that irresponsible cuts on the backs of hardworking middle-class families is unacceptable. These cuts are detrimental to our community at a time when we need to be creating jobs. The cuts would slow our economic recovery in the short term and threaten the future competitiveness of our nation in the long term.
- Cuts to Medicaid and related health care programs will lead to worse health outcomes for Latinos, including lower life expectancy, lower quality of life, and lost productivity
- Cutting Pell Grants will impact Latinos’ access to higher education
- Converting SNAP/food stamps into a block grant, as proposed in the House Republican budget, would cap funding for the program and make it less capable of responding to the economic needs of families during tough times.
- An estimated $400 billion in reductions for discretionary programs will impact education, job training, housing, nutrition, and other programs that serve low-income individuals and families
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