Reject draconian cuts to vital social safety nets

I write to condemn in the strongest possible terms the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1). The final package is not a “beautiful” victory for working families; it is a sweeping transfer of wealth upward, achieved by hollowing out the basic supports that keep millions of Americans healthy, fed, educated, and economically secure. ⸻ Why this bill is unacceptable 1. It strips health care from millions. Nearly $1 trillion is carved out of Medicaid—the largest cut in the program’s history—paired with harsh 80-hour-per-month work mandates that the Congressional Budget Office and hospital leaders warn will push ≈ 11.8 million people off their coverage. 2. It shrinks the nation’s food lifeline. The bill slices $186 billion from SNAP, extends work rules up to age 64, and forces parents of children 14 and older to meet those requirements—changes that CBO says will drop millions of households from the rolls. 3. It makes college more expensive and repayment longer. Subsidized undergraduate loans and Grad PLUS are eliminated; lifetime borrowing is capped at $50 k (undergrad) / $100 k (grad), and borrowers are herded into a new “Repayment Assistance Plan” that skims 1–10 % of their entire AGI for up to 30 years—a clear hike for middle-income graduates. 4. It reverses progress on climate and public health. The bill rescinds unspent Inflation Reduction Act funds, advances mandatory drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and accelerates the sunset of wind and solar tax credits—while expanding incentives for fossil fuels. 5. It balloons the deficit while rewarding the wealthy. Independent estimates show a $3.4 trillion deficit increase under current-law scoring—even after the deepest safety-net cuts in decades—because of permanent extensions of the 2017 tax cuts and new high-income deductions.