Federal Safety Net Cuts are Hurting States, A “Bad Business” Fee Could Help

Photo by Ben Hershey

Working people — and the state and local governments that represent them — are being pushed to the brink by deep federal cuts to essential programs like Medicaid and SNAP.

Those cuts didn’t happen in a vacuum. They were deliberately paired with a trillion-dollar tax giveaway to the wealthiest CEOs, leaving states and localities to scramble for the funds needed to provide basic health care, food assistance, and other services their residents rely on.

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