CWA Statement on President Trump’s Shameful Budget

Members of the House and Senate who voted to pass President Trump’s budget should be ashamed of themselves. The budget is a giveaway to their billionaire backers and an insult to working people, who will not be fooled by the self-serving rhetoric of the President and Congressional Republican leadership.

Seventeen million Americans will lose their health care and millions more will see their costs increase. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities, particularly in rural areas, will close. Millions of working people, including thousands of CWA members, will lose their jobs as essential programs are cut to fund the abduction of our co-workers and neighbors by masked gunmen. Meanwhile, corporations will send record profits to Wall Street thanks to huge tax breaks and incentives to send even more jobs overseas.

This fight is not over. People from every Congressional District in our country spoke out in opposition to this terrible bill. As we celebrate our country’s beginnings, we rededicate ourselves to its founding principles. We will organize, mobilize, and vote to make sure that our government works for all people, not just the very rich who are using their wealth to control our politics.

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