Jeff Hurd

Editor:

To U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd: Why are you not getting my vote? Let me count the ways.

You have done a good job of bringing back bits and pieces of pork to the House District 3. But you voted for enormous tax cuts for billionaires and millionaires (you?). The tax cuts you supported for the middle and lower classes were minuscule in proportion and have been eaten up by the inflation caused by illegal tariffs and wars, which you have not voted for or against, as is your duty under the Constitution.

You increased the national debt to $40 trillion-plus. You funded an out-of-control ICE. You voted to cut Medicaid by huge amounts, but cleverly, not until 2028 when Trump is no longer in office. Your cult cut Affordable Care Act subsidies to millions of people, resulting in everyone else’s insurance premiums increasing exponentially. Your cult also cut food aid (SNAP) to millions; mostly single moms and kids.

The tariffs, which only Congress may pass, have resulted in lost jobs, higher prices and then even higher prices. Your cult’s refusal to stop Trump’s fiasco with Iran has taken prices even higher again. Your staff has drafted a bogus sweetheart land swap bill for a large contributor’s benefit.

Remember the Sly and the Family Stone song “Higher and Higher?” As U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy put it: “This budget tells you everything you need to know about what the Republican Party really stands for: unlimited taxpayer dollars for war and handouts to billionaires, and not a penny left over to help the American families who can’t afford to buy groceries or fill up their gas tank.”

“This Land is Your Land,” but this land is my land too.