Donald Trump's policies are punishing the poor, rewarding the rich, inflating prices, and shrinking revenues. And for what?

In the early hours of Thursday, May 22, with the sun just peaking over the horizon in Washington, D.C., Republicans in the House of Representatives passed Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful” budget reconciliation bill. The proposed budget permanently extends some of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, raises the State And Local Tax deduction, increases spending for the Pentagon, and adds work requirements and other administrative barriers to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“food stamps”) — the latter of which gets a huge 30% cut.

If passed, the bill will decrease the effective after-tax income of poor families, increase the income of the wealthiest Americans, and increase the size of the federal budget deficit by trillions of dollars.

It is worth noting that the GOP budget bill is not popular. In our May Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll, just 14% of Americans approved of cutting Medicaid to finance tax cuts. And according to a model from Data for Progress, there is no congressional district in America where more than 15% of voters support cutting back on SNAP.

Americans think this is a bad bill. And after taking a hard look at it, I think so, too.