One Big Not-Beautiful At All Bill Act (H.R. 1)

 

This blog is part of my ongoing effort to maintain a record of my written communication expressing concern about the actions of the current presidential administration that lead to unnecessary (and in some cases cruel) harm to others, to the U.S., or to the global community. 

I wrote the following letter to address H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act); while I focused my letter on the (highly) detrimental impact of the bill on the U.S. national debt, the impacts to the poor through cuts in Medicaid and other programs alongside tax cuts to the wealthy are not what America is nor what it should be. Feel free to copy any text in the letter below for your own communications.   

The text of H.R. 1 is here:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text

And a summary of the bill's impacts are here:

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-need-to-share-about-the

How to reach your U.S. Senators:

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

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Dear Senator <Name>,

I am writing to strongly oppose the passage of H.R. 1., the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.  

​​​While there are many impacts to this bill that seem to unjustly punish poor working Americans and bless the rich, I am focusing this letter on the impact of the bill on the national debt. Does anyone in Congress really believe that we can survive another three to four trillion dollar increase in our national debt?   Does the recent downgrade in the U.S. credit rating not mean anything to Congress?  And what happened to the Republican Party?  Have all Republicans been kidnapped and duct taped or brainwashed to think that fiscal responsibility is no longer relevant?  necessary?  essential?   

The choice of words and alliteration in H.R. 1 mock the seriousness of the bill's profound, negative impacts. Groceries aren't beautiful. They are necessary.  H.R.1 is not beautiful.  It is not necessary and from a fiscal perspective... it is wildly irresponsible.  

I beg you to start over or take a leap backward on H.R. 1 -- to  thoughtfully consider what it will do, over short and long term, to harm "ordinary” Americans. I ask you to act, as a U.S. Senator, to prevent these harms.  

Please consider sacrificing politics, party, and individual advancement for the sake of those who vote for you, those who struggle to make ends meet, those who work hard every day to keep this country running, those who have sacrificed their lives to defend the country ... for the sake of every American who would like the United States of America to have a  bright and promising future.   

Sincerely,