We’re now more than a month into the government shutdown, and Democrats are the ones keeping it going. While they claim it’s about protecting healthcare and food programs, but they’re really using the crisis to push through permanent policy changes they couldn’t pass in a normal vote.
Here’s what’s actually in their proposal:
💰 Trillions in New Spending
They want to make pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies permanent, even for families making over $100,000, with no offsets to pay for it.
That move alone could cost taxpayers up to $3 trillion over the next decade.
That move alone could cost taxpayers up to $3 trillion over the next decade.
🧾 No-Strings Welfare
They also want to cancel work requirements for able-bodied adults on Medicaid and food stamps, including some non-citizens.These rules were saving $100 billion and reducing fraud. Democrats want to wipe them out.
📊 The Real Math
According to analysts, the full Democratic package would reverse or override $1.5 trillion in earlier savings, not as direct costs, but as higher baselines that will impact every future budget.
This is not about reopening the government. It is a power grab, using a shutdown to rewrite federal policy.
👉 Sign the petition to demand Democrats pass a clean funding bill. No permanent giveaways. No work-free handouts. No more shutdown games.