Rep. Stansbury on GOP Tax Bill: 'Eviscerates A Balanced Budget'

Impact of GOP Tax Bill

• ⚠️ The proposed GOP tax bill is described as having 'terrible decimating cuts' to essential programs.
• 💰 It includes the largest cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and food assistance in American history.
• 💸 Simultaneously, it enacts the largest tax cuts for billionaires in American history.

Fiscal Irresponsibility

• 📉 The bill is characterized as not being a balanced budget proposal, instead requiring the largest deficit spending in American history.
• 📈 It is projected to cost taxpayers up to $5 trillion in deficit spending over the next 10 years.
• 🤥 Any Republican claiming fiscal responsibility while supporting this bill is accused of lying to themselves.

Legislative Fight and Opposition

• ✊ The New Mexico delegation is committed to fighting the bill to the very end to defend democracy.
• 🚫 Republicans in the House rejected all 522 amendments introduced, indicating a departure from normal legislative processes.
• 🏛️ Hope remains that the Senate might reject some provisions, particularly cuts to Medicaid and major deficit spending.

Call to Action

• 📢 New Mexicans are urged to continue speaking up, making calls, and organizing to pressure senators.
• 🤝 The community is encouraged to care for each other during the remaining years of the current administration.