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HR 1, the ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œOne Big Beautiful Bill,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ was passed by the 119th Congress by 215 votes to 214 on May 22. Now for consideration by the upper house. Apart from adding $3 trillion to the debt, it is a travesty of our core American and human values. Just to mention the budgetary aspect, federal funds cut to help the needy: Medicaid, CHIP, TANF, SNAP and other programs, including monies to nonprofits like food banks, homeless shelters and clinics. The dollars saved by cutting aid to the disadvantaged are to go to finance the continued tax breaks for the super-rich dating back to 2017 under President TrumpÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s first term. A textbook definition of capitalist exploitation: the rich feeding off the poor.

No, I am not a Marxist, but a person who grew up with the concept of ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œtzedakah,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ a Hebrew word that means ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œjustice,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ hence helping those less fortunate, a responsibility for all of us to care for others.