Zaire Breedlove is credited.
Zaire Breedlove is credited.
On July 4, Trump signed the measure, claiming to be fulfilling his campaign pledges to reduce spending by $1.5 trillion.
The large, elegant package restructures Medicaid, student loans, taxation, and clean energy initiatives while cutting federal budgets. The Trump-era tax cuts from 2017 are also extended.
The proposal was backed by Georgia Republicans, including U.S. Representatives Rich McCormick, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Buddy Carter.
Earlier in July, Carter sent an email to the AJC saying, “I commend the Senate for passing President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill.” In addition to securing our southern border, preventing the biggest tax increase in American history, eliminating overtime and tip taxes, strengthening Medicaid, and unleashing American energy superiority, this bill fulfills President Donald Trump’s pledge to Make America Great Again.
Families First led the event on Saturday, which was backed by a coalition of groups like Care Can’t Wait and We Dream in Black Georgia. The rally included topics like tax cuts, workers’ rights, immigration, food stamps, Medicaid cuts, and workers’ rights. We Dream in Black Georgia and Care Can’t Wait advocate African American domestic workers and caregiving reforms for the elderly and disabled, respectively, while Families First, a MoveOn campaign, focuses on health care access and economic justice for families.
Local officials were among the speakers, and they expressed disapproval of the bill’s effects on their communities. Georgia state representative Eric Bell, a Democrat from Jonesboro, stated that the large, attractive bill has an impact on the economy overall in addition to his constituents.
Losing health insurance implies that their providers are no longer compensated. Bell stated that when their providers are no longer paid, it appears that either the landlord, the tenant, or a mortgage is not being paid.
A number of Georgians related firsthand accounts of how Trump-supported policies could make it more difficult to get health care. One of them, Helen McLaughlin from Roswell, described the difficulties she is afraid of.
The terrible developments that are taking place, not just with regard to the health care system but also with regard to the affordability of leading a healthy lifestyle, greatly worry me. “McLaughlin said.”
“Apathy and changes have led to aggression against people like me,” said Rebecca Keeble, a disabled volunteer with the North Gwinnett Democrats.
Some people in the community had a significant shift in how they felt about me. I didn’t have to defend myself before, but after that, I had to do so. I could move around with little fear for my safety. “Keeble said.”
Former chair of the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts, Georgia state senator Sonya Halpern, D-Atlanta, encouraged rally attendees to cast their ballots.
Health care, income, and policy are not the only issues at stake in this battle or this bill. According to Halpern, it’s all about respecting and giving priority to the heroes in our community. I will thus always utilize my voice to advocate for better, not worse, results for our communities as long as I have one.
Zaire Breedlove is credited.
Zaire Breedlove is credited.
