Republicans ‘give to rich’
Republicans in Nashville are pursing policies that endanger the environment, public health and give to the rich while taking from the poor.
They continue to block a ban on mountaintop removal mining when Tennessee has many more jobs from tourism than mining, and they’re trying to block implementation of a rapid transit system in Nashville that would relieve traffic and pollution.
Republicans have been trying to repeal the Hall Tax on investment income. Meanwhile, teachers and state workers are told there’s no money for their promised raises, and working families in Tennessee pay one of the highest sales tax rate in the nation for groceries.
Republicans refuse to accept federal dollars to expand Medicaid for the working poor who are too rich for traditional Medicaid but can’t afford Obamacare.
Not expanding Medicaid punishes people for working. A low-wage worker with a health condition is better off just getting on disability.