With Fox News amplifying the war drums beating along the Potomac, the Republican “tax” bill, which will impose the most drastic health care and social service spending cuts in U.S. history, has largely fallen off the mainstream media’s radar screens.
That’s why I thought it important to invite onto the podcast a leader of one of the organizations mobilizing grass roots support to defeat what ought to be the single most important issue on the nation’s political agenda over the next few weeks: How to stop the Republican Party’s headlong rush to gut Medicaid and drastically reduce Affordable Care Act plan subsidies and food stamps.
Was it only a week ago when the mainstream media was filled with stories about how Republican Senators like Josh Hawley of Missouri, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine would rein in some of the worst aspects of the House-passed bill. But when the Senate version emerged from committee earlier this week, it turned out to be worse. Then that one-day story disappeared.
Most days, I feel like crying about what’s going on in Washington. But a press release crossed my desk this week that gave me a brief laugh. It was issued by TRILLIONAIRES FOR TRUMP. They’ve launched a #GoFundMe page to raise money from the public to make up the more than $700 billion the GOP plans to cut from Medicaid over the next decade. Only they gave it a slightly different name: They called it the #GoFundYourself! page. They’ve co-branded the page “Donald’s Death Panels” and “The Health Care Hunger Games.”
Give a listen to Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works, one of the organizations behind the campaign, as he explains why a little a humor can help in times like these.
I released this a day early in hopes my readers/listeners will share with friends and colleagues. Thanks!
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