A good effort was put forth to stop the GOP tax bill, but it came up short. Here are some of the worst parts of this bill:
- Opens the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling
- Gives massive handouts to corporate polluters and other corporations
- Balloons our deficit by about $1.4 trillion which will force funding cuts to public health and environmental programs in the months to come
- Repeals a key part of the Affordable Care Act, leaving 13 million people without healthcare in the next 10 years, increasing premiums, and creating uncertainty for many hardworking families1
- Imposes a devastating excise tax on Puerto Rico that would kill job-creating industries on the hurricane-ravaged island while it's still recovering
We do give up hope or our
efforts to bring about a “cleaner, safer, and more just and equitable future
for all” (Michael Brune, Sierra Club).
With the few short days left,
Congress could pass a Dream Act. Call your representatives and
senators to pass a clean bill protecting Dreamers from deportation and
providing a way toward citizenship.
The message in one of Sister
Doris Klein’s Christmas card creations is my Christmas prayer for you.
May you and our world
be blessed with
Hope, Healing, and Peace
throughout this coming year.
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