A Disgusting Abomination
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Dear Friends:<br /><br />
I’m sure you’ve seen the headlines by now: Former DOGE Head
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Elon Musk is publicly slamming Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
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Here’s what
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<p>He warned it will <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1929955052527202503" rel="external noopener noreferrer" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fx.com%2felonmusk%2fstatus%2f1929955052527202503&redir_log=170912006206291">“burden American citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt.”</a></p>
<strong>That’s coming from Elon Musk</strong>—the same guy who stood by Trump’s side for months as their policies <a href="https://abcnews.com/Politics/elon-musks-government-dismantling-fight-stop/story?id=118576033" rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fabcnews.go.com%2fPolitics%2felon-musks-government-dismantling-fight-stop%2fstory%3fid%3d118576033&redir_log=879848805123642">dismantled government agencies in the name of “efficiency.”</a>
<strong>Let’s be clear:</strong> Elon Musk and DOGE’s policy solution to the debt is to slash programs that Americans rely on—<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/16/doge-social-security-musk-trump-cuts/" rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonpost.com%2fpolitics%2f2025%2f05%2f16%2fdoge-social-security-musk-trump-cuts%2f&redir_log=227568998348603">Social Security</a>, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ies-musk-doge-education-cuts-4461d7bdbe9d55c5a411d8465999b011" rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fapnews.com%2farticle%2fies-musk-doge-education-cuts-4461d7bdbe9d55c5a411d8465999b011&redir_log=949997747179554">education</a>, you name it.
This is the <strong>wrong approach.</strong> The right way to be fiscally responsible is for the wealthy to <strong>pay their fair share.</strong>
But Musk is right: <strong>this bill is an abomination.</strong>
It will add <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congressional-budget-office-cbo-estimate-trump-big-beautiful-bill-deficit-health-insurance/" rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cbsnews.com%2fnews%2fcongressional-budget-office-cbo-estimate-trump-big-beautiful-bill-deficit-health-insurance%2f&redir_log=689669652553841">$2.4 trillion to the national debt</a>, which is already nearing $40 trillion. </div>
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<p>Think about this:</p><ul><li>The debt increases by <a href="https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/vendor/_accounts/JEC-R/debt/Monthly%20Debt%20Update.html" rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.jec.senate.gov%2fpublic%2fvendor%2f_accounts%2fJEC-R%2fdebt%2fMonthly%2520Debt+Update.html&redir_log=883544605837598">$52,000 every second.</a></li><li>That’s <a href="https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/vendor/_accounts/JEC-R/debt/Monthly%20Debt%20Update.html" rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.jec.senate.gov%2fpublic%2fvendor%2f_accounts%2fJEC-R%2fdebt%2fMonthly%2520Debt+Update.html&redir_log=883544605837598">$4.54 billion a day.</a></li><li>And <a href="https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/vendor/_accounts/JEC-R/debt/Monthly%20Debt%20Update.html" rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.jec.senate.gov%2fpublic%2fvendor%2f_accounts%2fJEC-R%2fdebt%2fMonthly%2520Debt+Update.html&redir_log=883544605837598">$1.6 trillion just in the last year.</a></li></ul><p>And now conservatives want to <strong>pile on trillions more</strong> over the next ten years, according to a report by the <a href="https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61461" rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cbo.gov%2fpublication%2f61461&redir_log=001020401788245">nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office</a>.</p><p>This will result in<strong> higher interest rates</strong> that will <a href="https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/why-the-national-debt-matters-for-housing/" rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fbipartisanpolicy.org%2fexplainer%2fwhy-the-national-debt-matters-for-housing%2f%3futm_source%3dchatgpt.com&redir_log=444498926952736">increase costs of mortgages</a>, <a href="https://www.bankrate.com/loans/auto-loans/fed-rates-and-auto-loans/" rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bankrate.com%2floans%2fauto-loans%2ffed-rates-and-auto-loans%2f&redir_log=967203143858464">car loans</a>, and <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/article/state-estimates-of-increases-in-homeowner-and-small-business-borrowing-costs-under-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act/#:~:text=types%20of%20debt.-,Based%20on%20CBO%20assumptions%2C%20the%20Budget%20Lab%20at%20Yale%20modeled%20a,%241%2C000,-Yearly%20cost%20of" rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.americanprogress.org%2farticle%2fstate-estimates-of-increases-in-homeowner-and-small-business-borrowing-costs-under-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act%2f%23%3a%7e%3atext%3dtypes%2520of%2520debt.-%2cBased%2520on%2520CBO%2520assumptions%252C%2520the%2520Budget%2520Lab%2520at%2520Yale%2520modeled%2520a%2c%25241%252C000%2c-Yearly%2520cost%2520of&redir_log=644537070661896">small business loans</a> by thousands of dollars.</p><p><strong>So let’s call this bill what it really is:</strong></p><p>Not “big” or “beautiful.”</p><p>But a <strong>massive betrayal</strong> of working Americans and future generations.</p><p>Here’s the truth: This bill <a href="https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/p/2025-05-28-the-house-passed-reconciliation-bill-illustrative/#:~:text=Table%205%20reports,430%20on%20average." rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fbudgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu%2fissues%2f2025%2f5%2f28%2fthe-house-passed-reconciliation-bill-illustrative-effects-with-permanence%23%3a%7e%3atext%3dTable%25205%2520reports%2c430%2520on%2520average.&redir_log=56247182741178">isn’t about helping working families.</a> If it passes, the <a href="https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/p/2025-05-28-the-house-passed-reconciliation-bill-illustrative/#:~:text=Table%205%20reports,430%20on%20average." rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fbudgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu%2fissues%2f2025%2f5%2f28%2fthe-house-passed-reconciliation-bill-illustrative-effects-with-permanence%23%3a%7e%3atext%3dTable%25205%2520reports%2c430%2520on%2520average.&redir_log=56247182741178">bottom half of Americans will see their incomes decrease.</a></p><p>But millionaires and billionaires? They’ll keep <strong>raking in enormous tax cuts</strong>—while the <a href="https://www.crfb.org/press-releases/gross-national-debt-reaches-36-trillion" rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.crfb.org%2fpress-releases%2fgross-national-debt-reaches-36-trillion&redir_log=186869100844523">national debt spirals even further out of control.</a></p><p><strong>The American people see this bill for what it is.</strong> They know this bill is <a href="https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/p/2025-05-28-the-house-passed-reconciliation-bill-illustrative/#:~:text=Distributional%20Effects%3A%20Conventional,430%20on%20average." rel="noopener external noreferrer" target="_blank" title="https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SC06JC&crop=15669QQQ12284982QQQ2955337QQQ7586422&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fbudgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu%2fissues%2f2025%2f5%2f28%2fthe-house-passed-reconciliation-bill-illustrative-effects-with-permanence%23%3a%7e%3atext%3dDistributional%2520Effects%253A%2520Conventional%2c430%2520on%2520average.&redir_log=994225024811341">a giveaway to the wealthy at the expense of the working class.</a></p><p>I urge my conservative colleagues to get rid of these reckless<strong> tax cuts for the rich</strong> and <strong>start investing in everyday Americans</strong>—so everyone has a fair shot at the <strong>American Dream.</strong></p><p><strong>What the right is doing to our country with this bill cannot stand.</strong></p><p>Sincerely,</p><p>Jim</p> </div>
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