Response to the DC Republicans Budget.
Our Congressman recently released a press release hailing a huge win on passing the 2025 Federal Budget Resolution. Let’s check the tape and see what the Republican Budget actually does.
| Jim Says… | What the Budget actually does | Our Grade |
|---|---|---|
| “This budget resolution creates a vehicle for the House to expand tax relief for Hoosier families” | The Republican budget will give the top 1% an additional $60,000 per year, while giving the bottom 60% less than $500 in tax cuts. The value of the tax cuts for the top 5% is triple that of the cuts for the bottom 60%. | C- Jim’s right. The tax cuts will help Hoosier families. He just left out that it will only help *rich* Hoosier families. |
| “Our country is over 36 trillion dollars in debt and counting. This budget resolution will rein in the out-of-control spending” | Rep Thomas Massie, a Republican, says, “We’re gonna add $328 billion to the deficit this year, we’re gonna add $295 billion to the deficit the year after that, and $242 billion to the deficit after that, under the rosiest assumptions” | D+ Jim says a true thing here that the national debt is $36 trillion, so we can’t give him an F. The Republican budget will add to the deficit though - even his party says so. |
| “I voted for the House’s budget resolution to restore security, fiscal sanity, and economic prosperity to the American people.” | The budget adds to the deficit, gives money to the rich, and cuts medicaid by $880 billion, forcing people to go uninsured. | F We think saddling working people with medical debt and giving handouts to your rich friends is pretty unethical. |
So, there you have it. Cut vital healthcare for working people, give money to rich folks, and add to the deficit. This budget is wrong for America.
