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Women and children are under threat in America. Jocelyn Smith of Roswell, New Mexico, knows this too well. "I'm disabled, taking care of my disabled daughter.
I work, and I volunteer to help feed and house my community," she told me. "Yet I need assistance affording meals for my family. Something is broken.
" Smith knows, but did you know, that in the United States, nearly 43% of women – and almost half of all children – are poor or low-income? And that last year, families with children experienced the largest single-year increase in homelessness, with nearly 40% more people in families with children experiencing homelessness? And what if I told you that Donald Trump's agenda – expressed through his more than 100 harmful executive actions, Elon Musk's Doge cuts, and his budget making its way through his Republican-majority Congress – will make things even worse for women and children? I bet you'll be pretty angry. Smith is. "Is Congress working on any of this?" she asks about the struggles of working families.
"Unfortunately, no." As she wrote in a recent op-ed, "they're doing the opposite right now. In fact, the GOP budget proposal could slash $880 billion from Medicaid and $230 billion from food assistance.
They're also cutting government agencies that assist with affordable housing, transportation, safety, veterans, and children with disabilities." The final amounts of those cuts will vary, but the numbers stand to be huge and devastating. Why? Because the GOP is looking for at least $4.
5tn in more tax breaks for corporations and the wealthiest Americans. "They are reaching into my very..
. Guardian staff reporter.
