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To get there, they are willing to cut federal programs that are vital to the incomes and security of American families.</p> <p>These cuts will not just cause harm to individual families. They will cascade, leading to hospital closures, higher medical debt, lower earnings, poorer health outcomes.</p> <p>Nothing about this policy package—tax cuts mostly for the rich and benefit cuts for the vulnerable—is good for the vast majority of families in this country. <strong><a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/cutting-medicaid-for-low-taxes-on-the-rich-is-terrible-for-american-families/#epi-toc-6">Read more</a></strong></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="slider-content-right"> <h3>Related</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.epi.org/blog/the-house-republicans-plan-to-cut-medicaid-to-pay-for-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-would-slash-incomes-for-the-bottom-40-see-impact-by-state/">The House Republicans’ plan to cut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the rich would slash incomes for the bottom 40%: Impact by state</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/tcja-extensions-2025/">There will be pain</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.epi.org/blog/cheap-cynicism-about-government-is-over/">The era of cheap cynicism about government is over</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.epi.org/blog/work-requirements-for-medicaid-do-not-address-the-real-barriers-to-work-and-risk-throwing-many-into-health-insecurity/">Work requirements for Medicaid do not address the real barriers to work and risk throwing many into health insecurity</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="slider-content-container"> <div class="slider-content-left"> <div class="slider-content-left-header"> <a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/271500-workers-went-on-strike-in-2024-current-labor-law-doesnt-adequately-protect-workers-fundamental-right-to-strike/"> 271,500 workers risked going on strike in 2024 despite inadequate protections </a> </div> <div class="slider-content-left-excerpt"> <p>The number of workers involved in collective action should come as no surprise. The United States has been experiencing decades of high—and rising—income inequality, largely stemming from an unequal balance of power in the labor market.</p> <p>Workers’ interest in unions has surged; the number of union election petitions filed at the NLRB has doubled since 2021; public support for unions has reached a 60-year high.</p> <p>Yet current labor law doesn’t adequately protect workers’ right to strike. <a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/271500-workers-went-on-strike-in-2024-current-labor-law-doesnt-adequately-protect-workers-fundamental-right-to-strike/"><strong>Read more</strong></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="slider-content-right"> <h3>Related</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/millions-of-workers-millions-of-workers-want-to-join-unions-but-couldnt/">16 million workers were unionized in 2024</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/rise-of-the-union-curious/">The rise of the ‘union curious’</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.epi.org/blog/here-are-the-ways-the-trump-administration-is-already-trampling-on-workers-rights-weeks-into-trumps-second-term-one-thing-is-clear-billionaires-are-being-prioritized-over-working/">Here are the ways the Trump administration is already trampling on workers’ rights</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/widening-public-sector-pay-gap/">The public-sector pay gap is widening. Unions help shrink it.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/corporate-union-busting/">Corporate union busting in plain sight</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="slider-content-container"> <div class="slider-content-left"> <div class="slider-content-left-header"> <a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/tcja-extensions-2025/"> There will be pain </a> </div> <div class="slider-content-left-excerpt"> <p>Extending Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, no matter how financed, will hurt most working families.</p> <p>The amount of taxes owed but not paid each year is currently larger than the overall fiscal gap, driven by the richest U.S. households and businesses cheating the law and underpaying taxes. Extending the expiring provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) would increase the fiscal gap by nearly 50%, from 2.1% to 3.3%. <a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/tcja-extensions-2025/"><strong>Read more</strong></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="slider-content-right"> <h3>Related</h3> <p><a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/principles-for-the-upcoming-tax-reform-debate-reject-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-and-fear-mongering-about-deficits/">Principles for the upcoming tax reform debate</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/rise-of-the-union-curious/">The rise of the ‘union curious’</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.epi.org/blog/the-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-isnt-working-and-theres-no-reason-to-think-that-will-change/">The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act isn’t working and there’s no reason to think that will change</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="slider-content-container"> <div class="slider-content-left"> <div class="slider-content-left-header"> <a 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