Rick Scott and House Republicans Unite to Push MAGA Agenda
March 22, 2023
Before Rick Scott and the House Freedom Caucus join forces to push for an extreme agenda, here’s a reminder what their MAGA proposals could do — including threatening working families’ health care, public safety and national security; raising costs for families; and pushing tax breaks for the wealthy and special interests — all while failing to reduce the deficit by a single penny.
House Republicans have proposed making drastic cuts to programs working families rely on and raising health care, energy and child care costs – while simultaneously helping billionaires and special interests cheat out of paying their taxes.
Washington Post: “The ultimatum from the House Freedom Caucus — led by Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) — threatened to deal a massive blow to government health care, education, science and labor programs.”
Washington Post: “The far-right caucus… also targeted the roughly $80 billion recently approved to help the Internal Revenue Service pursue tax cheats… That move could add to the deficit”
American Independent: “House Republicans want to repeal Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. Voters do not.”
Some House Republicans also pushed for defunding law enforcement, which would weaken our national security and make our border less secure.
Insider: “Far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she won’t vote for a budget without cuts to DOJ and FBI”
MSNBC: “House Republican calls for defunding Homeland Security department”
Punchbowl: “According to Biden administration estimates […] Roughly 11,000 FBI personnel could be laid off.”
Republicans’ proposals could also stunt the growth of American manufacturing jobs, making us less competitive with China, while increasing health care premiums and cutting Medicare.
CNBC: “Inflation Reduction Act has spurred 100,000 new green jobs so far: Here’s where they are”
Bloomberg: “The group also is demanding an end to Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, rescinding unspent Covid funds, and rescinding both the $80 billion expansion of the Internal Revenue Service enacted last year and climate change spending from the Inflation Reduction Act.”
Kaiser Family Foundation: “The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act will extend temporary subsidies, preventing out-of-pocket premium payments from rising across the board next year for virtually all 13 million subsidized enrollees.”
New York Times: “The Republican Study Committee, a group that includes 173 of the 222 Republican House members, has offered a fairly detailed plan… The committee also relies on significant reductions in Social Security and Medicare to erase the deficit.”
And don’t forget: Rick Scott promoted an extreme plan that would put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block — and the House Republican Study Committee proposed an extreme budget blueprint of its own that would slash Medicare by nearly a quarter.
Washington Post Opinion: “[Rick] Scott’s plan would also sunset — eliminate — all federal legislation over five years, under the (risky) assumption that worthy laws would be reenacted. That could mean an end to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid… and potentially more.”
DNC War Room: “The @RepublicanStudy Committee — which represents a majority of House Republicans — proposed a budget that would slash Medicare by almost a quarter.”
Republicans’ plans could also scale back rail safety inspections and threaten air safety even in light of recent accidents threatening community safety.
Punchbowl News: “Air traffic control towers would need to be shut down at one-third of airports, and rail safety inspections would be reduced.”
Let’s be clear: Only President Biden’s budget proposal would reduce the deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade while protecting Social Security and Medicare, while House Republicans’ plans would be a disaster for working families.
AP: “Biden budget aims to cut deficits nearly $3T over 10 years”
Bloomberg: “Biden to Urge 25% Billionaire Tax, Levies on Rich Investors”
