Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
To name some of the worst...
✖️Medicaid and SNAP have been cut to deliver $4.5 trillion in tax cuts primarily for billionaires and corporations.
✖️Michigan is set to lose $2-3 billion annually in federal Medicaid and SNAP funding.
✖️The changes in this bill will eliminate tens of thousands of energy and manufacturing jobs in Michigan due to lost investment.
✖️Michigan hospitals will lose $6 billion in Medicaid payments by 2036.
✖️Over 200K Michiganders are set to lose healthcare.
✖️211,000 Michigan households will suffer from SNAP cuts. Nearly 121,000 Michiganders have already lost their SNAP benefits.
✖️Energy bills across Michigan will go up by a total of $8.7 billion by 2034.