A TIME FOR HEROES—A CALL FOR A NATIONAL STRIKE

ACT ONE: THE BETRAYAL

This isn’t about budgets. This isn’t about deficits or balancing the books. This is about something much simpler.

They lied.

They stood in front of us and made promises—no taxes on tips, no taxes on overtime, no taxes on Social Security. They told you they were the party of the working class. That they were looking out for you.

And now, they’re trying to ram through a budget that gives away $4.5 trillion in tax breaks to billionaires while gutting the programs that millions of Americans rely on to survive.

• Medicaid—set to be slashed by $880 billion. That’s 60 million Americans, including seniors, people with disabilities, and low-income families, whose healthcare is now at risk.

• SNAP—facing $230 billion in cuts. That’s 40 million Americans, including veterans and children, who could go hungry.

• School lunch programs—on the chopping block. That’s 30 million kids who count on those meals every day.

• Housing assistance—threatened. Five million families could lose their homes.

ALL so that 800 billionaires—people who already own more wealth than half the country combined—can get massive tax breaks.

That’s not governance. That’s a heist.

And when Democrats tried to stop it?

• They offered an amendment to protect Medicaid. Every Republican voted NO.

• They offered an amendment to extend tax cuts for people making under $400,000 while ensuring corporations and billionaires pay their fair share. Every Republican voted NO.

• They offered an amendment preventing tax giveaways for people earning over $1 million a year. Every Republican voted NO.

• They asked Republicans to vote against tax breaks for people earning over $100 million per year. Every Republican voted NO.

• They even offered an amendment preventing tax cuts for people worth over $1 billion. Every Republican voted NO.

They didn’t just betray you. They stole from you.

They took your tax dollars, your healthcare, your kids’ school lunches, your rent assistance, and they handed it over to the wealthiest people in this country.

And now, they’re trying to force this bill through the Senate using reconciliation—so they don’t need a single Democratic vote.

This isn’t just a betrayal. It’s a declaration of war.

ACT TWO: THE ONLY LANGUAGE THEY UNDERSTAND

The Republican Party doesn’t fear losing the working class. They don’t think they need you. They’ve convinced themselves you’ll either vote for them out of loyalty, or you’ll stay home because you’re too exhausted to fight back.

So, let’s prove them wrong.

The only thing billionaires fear more than taxes is the American people realizing their own power.

What if, tomorrow, the servers stopped serving?
What if the truck drivers pulled over and killed their engines?
What if the grocery store clerks put down their scanners, the janitors put away their brooms, and the factory workers let the machines sit idle?

What if America’s workers—the people who actually run this country—decided that enough is enough?

Because here’s the truth:

• The billionaires don’t stock the shelves—you do.

• The billionaires don’t drive the trucks—you do.

• The billionaires don’t answer 911 calls, or teach kids, or care for patients—you do.

When the workers of America stand still, the country stops.

And that is the only language they understand.

Because right now, we have a system where the richest man on Earth can walk into a bank, get a $44 billion loan to buy a failing social media site, and lay off thousands of workers with no consequences. But if you miss one rent payment? You’re out on the street.

Because this isn’t just about tax cuts. It’s about the deliberate destruction of the American Dream.

ACT THREE: HISTORY IS WATCHING

Do you want to know how history works? It happens when regular people decide they’ve had enough.

• In 1936, autoworkers in Flint, Michigan, staged a sit-down strike and forced General Motors to recognize their union.

• In 1968, sanitation workers in Memphis marched for the dignity of a living wage.

• In 1981, Polish workers brought a Communist regime to its knees by walking off the job.

• In 2025, Americans have a choice.

Because this isn’t just a tax bill. It’s an economic death sentence for millions of people.

And it gets worse.

The $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy? It will add $19 trillion to the national debt. That’s right—the same people screaming about “fiscal responsibility” just blew a hole in the economy the size of Texas.

They aren’t slashing Medicaid and food assistance to balance the budget. They’re doing it to fund giveaways for billionaires like Elon Musk.

And while they’re at it? Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” is firing thousands of federal workers. People who keep our country running. People who have mortgages, car payments, medical bills.

And the billionaires? They get to keep everything.

This isn’t what America was built on. This isn’t who we are.

And this is the moment history is watching.

ACT FOUR: THE CALL TO ACTION

This is the moment. This is the line in the sand.

You can be silent, or you can be remembered.

A national strike isn’t just about economic pressure. It’s about reminding the people in power that they are not untouchable. It’s about showing them that America’s workers—the cashiers, the nurses, the teachers, the baristas, the truckers, the servers, the janitors, the factory hands—are the backbone of this nation.

And when the backbone refuses to bend, nothing else can stand.

We have two choices.

We can be the people who let it happen. The ones who grumble but move on. The ones who let history write us out of the story.

Or we can be the people who said no.

The ones who stood up.
The ones who fought back.
The ones who, in the face of greed, cruelty, and corruption, chose to resist.

Because the next time they ask for your vote, remember:

• They had a chance to protect Medicaid, and they said no.

• They had a chance to protect food assistance, and they said no.

• They had a chance to protect housing, and they said no.

• But when billionaires came knocking for tax cuts? They said yes.

That’s not a government. That’s a robbery in broad daylight.

And the only way to stop it?

Make them feel the power of the people they betrayed.