Quote:The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took steps Thursday to roll back Lifeline — a program that subsidizes broadband and phone service for low income households. The FCC voted in a 3-2 split along party lines favoring Republicans to reform the program during the agency’s monthly open meeting. Republicans, including Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), praised the agency’s decision to begin pushing the program towards jurisdiction of the states.FCC votes to limit program funding internet access for low income communities | TheHill
Then there are those Republican tax proposals..
Quote:It lavishes generous permanent tax breaks on corporations, while modest tax cuts for the middle class would vanish into thin air after 2025. Millionaires would enjoy average tax cuts of $5,580 in 2027, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation, at which point families earning less than $75,000 a year would pay more taxes. Let that sink in. This tax bill would take money from working families and give it to the world’s wealthiest people. The hardest hit would be in high-cost states like California, New Jersey and New York because the bill gets rid of important deductions and the credit for state and local taxes.A Tax-Cut Bill to Make Scrooge McDuck Proud - The New York Times
Further, it calls for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s mandate for most people to have health insurance. This would leave 13 million people without insurance and drive up premiums for many others who are already struggling to afford coverage, all in the interest of reducing spending by $338 billion so Republican lawmakers can cut taxes for big businesses, despite Democratic opposition.
And if that weren’t bad enough, this bill, along with a similar measure that the House passed on Thursday with lightning speed, would, because of a 2010 budget law, trigger automatic cuts to Medicare and other important programs that low-income and middle-class Americans depend on. All told, the bills would add more than a trillion dollars to the federal debt for future generations to pay off. What is this in service of?