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Former OMB Advisor Michael Linden on Disaster Budget Bill

2025/6/21
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Ben Meiselas: 特朗普和MAGA共和党人承诺不征收小费税、社会保障税和加班费税，但新的预算案却背离了这些承诺。这项预算案不仅损害了经济，还直接攻击了医疗保健，可能导致超过1500万美国人失去医疗保障。参议院版本对医疗补助、SNAP和住房的削减更加严重。共和党人利用复杂的预算过程和转移注意力策略，掩盖了预算案对普通民众的负面影响，并通过文化分歧分裂美国人。解决问题的关键在于教育人们真正发生了什么，揭露富人减税与民众福利削减之间的联系。 Michael Linden: 参议院的预算案比众议院的更糟糕，核心是大幅削减医疗保健和营养援助，以资助富人的减税。这项法案实际上是将低收入和中等收入人群的钱拿走，然后交给富人，这在经济、道德和预算上都是倒退的。这是现代历史上第一次出现一项法案，明确地让人们的生活变得更糟，以便为顶层人士的减税买单。解决问题的办法很简单，就是不要削减富人的税收。如果不对富人减税，就能实现为中低收入人群提议的所有减税，并取消对医疗保健和食品援助的削减。我们都渴望一个真正为普通人服务的经济和一个能够站在普通人一边的政府。

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The initial budget bill, already problematic, is worsened by the Senate. It includes cuts to healthcare, affecting millions, and reductions to food assistance programs like SNAP. This segment introduces Michael Linden, former OMB advisor, to provide expert commentary.
  • Massive cuts to healthcare, potentially impacting over 15 million Americans
  • Significant reductions to SNAP, leaving 3 million without food assistance
  • Cuts to Medicaid deeper than the House version

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on MAGA Mike Johnson’s budget bill getting ripped up by Republicans in the Senate and Meiselas interviews former OMB Staffer and Current Director of Families over Billionaire’s Michael Linden about his views on the budget bill.

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