Grinch and Coal for Rep. Hurd

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas will make a special appearance to personally thank Rep. Hurd for voting in favor of the final version of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act.

The legislation repeals part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and forces $25 billion automatic cuts to Medicare annually to give trillions in tax breaks to the richest households and multi-national corporations like Apple, Pfizer, and Wells Fargo. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts that the bill would result in 13 million more uninsured people and premium increases of up to 10% for millions.

The Republicans’ $1.4 trillion dollar final tax package provides most of its benefits to high-income households and foreign investors while raising taxes on many low- and middle-income Americans. The legislation will force cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and the ACA and countless other public services to finance the tax giveaway to the wealthy and big business. In 2019 more than half the tax breaks in the bill will go the richest 5 percent of taxpayers. The richest one percent of taxpayers will receive an average tax cut of more than $55,000, more than the average annual income for a middle class family.

Constituents will deliver coal to Representative Hurd, share their stories and how cuts to Medicare, Medicare and/or the loss of ACA will negatively impact them AND ask him to commit to protecting Medicaid and Medicare in the new year!