Your U.S. representative and U.S. senators need to hear from you NOW that providing tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans on the backs of the rest of us is unacceptable.

Take a minute today to tell your members of Congress to vote NO on harmful cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and other vital human services.

One of the first major issues facing the new Congress is whether to renew the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, first passed in 2017. The tax breaks under this law overwhelmingly benefited billionaires and highly profitable corporations. And Congress would have to offset the cost of renewing these tax breaks for wealthy households by slashing funding in other areas.

Many of the service cuts proposed to offset these deeply skewed tax giveaways would make life worse for families who are already struggling to make ends meet. As many as 1 in 5 Alabamians enrolled in Medicaid could lose their health coverage due to cuts and onerous work reporting requirements. Many more people could see food benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reduced or eliminated.

The damage for families wouldn’t end there. Other potential targets for funding cuts include school meal programs; the Earned Income Tax Credit; income assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; and WIC food assistance for babies, toddlers and pregnant and nursing women.

Congress can and should reject harmful service cuts for working people and tax giveaways to wealthy households. Our lawmakers should focus instead on building an economy that works for everyone in Alabama and across our country.

Please call or email your U.S. senators and your U.S. representative and tell them not to take away essential health, food and income supports to give wealthy people even more tax cuts. Time is of the essence, so please reach out today.