Suffer, Struggle, and Stay Poor: How the GOP’s Budget Cuts Are Wrecking Working Families

The rich get tax cuts. You get higher medical bills, fewer food benefits, and an education system in shambles. Welcome to 2025, where the Republican playbook is simple: make life harder for working families while billionaires count their savings.

Healthcare: Pay More, Get Less (or Nothing at All)

Slashing Medicaid and Affordable Care Act subsidies hits low-wage workers the hardest—the very people who gained coverage under Obamacare. With these cuts, many face two options:

• Skip medical care entirely and risk worsening health conditions.
• Go bankrupt trying to afford it.

And let’s be clear about what bankruptcy really means for the average American. It’s not a clean slate—it’s a financial death sentence. If you file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, you might get to keep one of your cars, but if your household needs two to get to work and school, one is gone. If you own a home, you’re lucky if you get to keep it, but only if you owe more than it’s worth and a cash buyer isn’t circling. Your credit is torched for a decade, meaning good luck renting another place, financing a car, or even passing a credit check for a job.

And why? Because you or your baby daughter had the audacity to get sick. Because an ambulance ride, a hospital stay, or a necessary surgery came with a five-figure bill you couldn’t possibly pay on top of rent, groceries, and gas. Because in America, getting medical care is a gamble, and losing means losing everything.

Medical debt is already the number one cause of bankruptcy in the U.S., and thanks to Trump’s policies, that crisis is about to get even worse.

Less Food for Struggling Families

Republicans love to talk about “family values,” but their budget cuts food assistance for struggling families, kids, and the elderly.

• SNAP (food stamps) and WIC (nutritional aid for women and children) are slashed, meaning more families will go hungry.
• Food banks and charities report skyrocketing demand, as desperate families turn to donations just to feed their kids.

If you think hunger isn’t a national crisis, look at what happened when Biden temporarily expanded support: child poverty dropped to a record low of 5.2% in 2021. Now? It’s surging again—because Republicans decided that feeding poor children was less important than another corporate tax cut.

Education: A Grim Future for the Next Generation

Cutting public education funding doesn’t just mean fewer textbooks or underpaid teachers—it means:

• Larger class sizes and fewer resources for students. Your kid struggling with math? Too bad—there’s no budget for extra help.
• Skyrocketing costs for college and vocational training, making higher education a privilege for the wealthy. Hope you like lifelong debt or minimum-wage jobs.
• A workforce with fewer skills and less opportunity, ensuring the cycle of poverty continues.

Trump’s allies in Congress aren’t just cutting budgets—they’re sabotaging the future of working-class kids, making sure the next generation has fewer opportunities to escape poverty.

The Bottom Line: The Poor Pay for the Rich to Get Richer

Biden’s administration proved that smart policy can reduce poverty and expand opportunity. The GOP’s agenda proves they don’t care.

Their priority isn’t helping working families—it’s serving the interests of the ultra-rich, no matter the cost to everyone else.

And if your family struggles with healthcare, food, or education? Too bad. You’re on your own.