Budget bill will hurt rural America

In the Jacksonville Journal-Courier, Policy and Communications Director Michael Chameides outlines the dangerous implications of the GOP budget bill for rural Americans. The piece, originally published by Barnraiser and syndicated to local outlets across the country, lists six powerful reasons to advocate against the bill's proposals.

From crippling rural healthcare, to increasing rural families' food insecurity, to removing local control over important community decisions, the bill would make huge cuts to essential programs in exchange for tax breaks benefitting the ultra-wealthy and big corporations.

While analyzing these impacts, Michael also suggests opportunities for rural people and our allies to tag congressional representatives on social media, contact Congress about the bill, and visit congressional offices in person to challenge the wildly unpopular bill.