Costing an estimated $400 billion a year, the groups say they worry that the Republican controlled Congress will cut Social Security, Medicaid, health care and veterans’ services to pay for it.
“It’s a reverse Robin Hood effect and at the end of the day it’s important for folks to know that not only are we talking about tax cuts, we’re talking about how we pay for these tax cuts,” said Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center for Economic Policy.