Jimmy Pappas sent along his Quote of the Day from the National Catholic Reporter on the Trump Republican bill:
There is nothing beautiful about President Donald Trump’s and the Republican House’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The House of Representatives has passed one of the most immoral pieces of legislation in recent memory. Giving this sweeping legislation a sophomoric title does not disguise its ugly nature. The vote took place after midnight on May 22, as most Americans slept, with a tally of 215 to 214, along party lines.
In reverse Robin Hood style, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act proposes nearly $4 trillion in tax cuts that benefit the wealthiest among us while cutting $1 trillion in vital support for the most vulnerable, including poor families with children and the elderly.
Over the last 40 years, we have witnessed successive waves of tax legislation supposedly aimed at broadening prosperity. However, in practice, they have done little more than widen the gap between the haves and the have-nots.
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So, the bill diverts funding from struggling families and environmental programs, cutting food assistance and Medicaid while decreasing clean-energy tax credits (just as climate-driven storms and wildfires become more intense.) It then redirects that money into larger Pentagon and border-security budgets.*
It is all disgraceful and shameful.
After this legislation hurtled through the House, we are counting on the U.S. Senate to bring an end to this great American nightmare. We urge the Senate to heed the voices of millions who will lose vital assistance under its provisions. We call on senators to do their jobs, hold hearings, demand transparency, and amend or reject the provisions that substantially favor the wealthy few over the many. While even Republican senators may be tempted to cut taxes for their affluent patrons and slash benefits for the disenfranchised poor, we implore them to remember their fiscal roots and reject Trump’s misguided proposal to explode the deficit, potentially sending the United States into a debt-driven death spiral.
The promise of American democracy is not merely the freedom to accumulate wealth. It is the promise of mutual obligation, of building a society in which our fortunes rise or fall together.
If we allow this One Big Shameful Bill to become law, we condemn ourselves to a future where opportunity is bartered away and our social contract is ripped to shreds.
Jesus weeps over this cruelty. So do we. We must reject this heartless bargain and instead pursue policies that honor the dignity of every citizen and the collective well-being of our nation.
