Gabe Amo: “budgets are a statement of values, and Republicans have made their values crystal clear. They value those who can buy…”

“budgets are a statement of values, and Republicans have made their values crystal clear. They value those who can buy crystals over the working class. They value putting the needs of the wealthy few over the vulnerable. They value making the rich richer, the sick sicker, the hungry hungrier, and, yes, the poor poorer. It is a moral inversion, a reverse Robin Hood scheme, to steal from the poor and give to the rich. It is just plain wrong. This big, bad bill is an abomination that will hurt tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders just to give billionaires a break on their taxes. Republicans have made their values clear, so will I. My Rhode Island values are healing the sick, feeding the hungry, and uplifting the poor, ensuring that there is opportunity in this country for everyone, especially the working people in the middle class. You have my word that I will never stop fighting for vulnerable Rhode Islanders and against this dangerous bill. If I thought they had it, I would urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to show some backbone and do the same, but I know they will fall in line.”