New Congress Must Immediately Act to Roll Back Tax Cuts for Billionaires and Corporations, and Restore Funding Towards Hunger, Housing, Healthcare
Republicans and Democrats Failed at Solving Homelessness and Providing Healthcare to Urban, Rural and Suburban Communities — New Congress Must Change Course
NEW YORK — In response to an overwhelming winning streak for candidates dedicated to the working class – not billionaires – VOCAL-US released the following statement:
“In recent years, billionaires have flocked to Texas to avoid paying taxes and enact a corporate takeover of policies that impact everyday Texans. They were welcomed with open arms,” said Paulette Soltani, Co-Director of VOCAL-TX. “On Election Day, voters delivered a total rebuke to their agenda. Elon Musk and the tech billionaires backing Trump’s agenda were defeated in Texas. Voters turned out against ICE, endless wars, rising costs, AI surveillance, and much more. They turned out to demand the government we have long deserved in Texas. We’ll continue to fight the Billionaire Backers of Hate that call Austin their home, and we’ll continue to fight for the state we deserve.”
“We have long demanded that Kentucky stop arresting people too poor to afford a place to live and invest in real housing and healthcare solutions.,” said Jennifer Twyman, Director of Campaigns and Organizing at VOCAL-KY. “Voters in Kentucky showed they agree by voting out State Representatives Nemes and Bauman, the primary sponsors of HB5 which enacted one of the most aggressive criminal attacks on Kentuckians forced to sleep on the streets.”
“Frustrations over kitchen-table and quality of life issues, exacerbated by a Government focused on enriching cronies and cutting taxes for billionaires, led to massive electoral gains for Democrats. This new Congress must immediately roll back tax cuts for the 1% and reverse cuts to food, healthcare, and housing both to solve these acute humanitarian issues and responsibly address the apparent will of the voters” said Jeremy Saunders, Co-Executive Director of VOCAL-NY. “With New York likely to be the center of Congressional power, we’ve told Majority Leader Schumer directly that if he doesn’t prioritize solving homelessness, overdose, and the mental health crisis in New York and California, his party is unlikely to maintain the strong majorities they now enjoy. We hope he listens.”
About VOCAL-US:
VOCAL-US is a national organization dedicated to ending AIDS, the drug war, mass incarceration, and homelessness, and the next chapter for Voices of Communities Activists and Leaders. VOCAL-US embodies years of work of VOCAL-NY, in addition to new fights taken on by VOCAL-KY and VOCAL-TX, by harnessing advocacy by directly-impacted people to a national scale.
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