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Cutting Ourselves Down: Why Real Conservatives Should Think Twice About Slashing Medicaid and SNAP for Americans in Need

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Michael "Thunder" Phillips
Jul 02, 2025
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In the fight to shrink government and reduce spending, Republicans now risk shrinking something else: the dignity and survival of millions of struggling Americans. President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” formally known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.1), may be framed as a conservative achievement—but in gutting Medicaid and SNAP access for U…

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