Big Beautiful God

🇺🇸 Happy 4th, wonderful people! 🇺🇸

I seldom post political content, since I consider myself apolitical—because Jesus was apolitical. Though, admittedly, He was in some ways decidedly “liberal,” and in others, decidedly “conservative.”

His Kingdom is transcendent.

As a registered Independent and grateful American—wary of corrupt systems (i.e., all humans)—I’m nonetheless convinced that a good God is large, in charge, and at work even now.

Like many others, I’m mildly concerned (not worried, thanks to said Big God) about the potential impact of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” especially as a single working mother of young people, including a child with unique needs.

I believe it’s vitally important to fact-check—no matter our affiliations or preferred sources.

So I asked ChatGPT two questions and got some (apparently objective?) insight that others may find helpful:

🧠 What are the key aspects of the bill that help ordinary citizens?

✅ Healthcare Reform

• Lower costs for premiums and prescriptions

• Expanded access to insurance, especially for pre-existing conditions

• Simplified billing and protection from surprise medical bills

✅ Tax Relief for Working Families

• Higher standard deductions or tax credits for families

• Lower income tax rates for middle- and low-income earners

• Closing loopholes used by the ultra-wealthy and corporations

✅ Job Creation & Economic Growth

• Infrastructure investments to create jobs (roads, bridges, broadband)

• Support for small businesses, apprenticeships, and workforce training

• Made-in-America incentives to revive manufacturing

✅ Education and Student Debt

• Reduced tuition costs or support for trade schools and community college

• Debt relief or fair repayment plans for student loans

• Investments in public education, especially underserved areas

✅ Family Support

• Paid family leave, childcare tax credits, and elder care support

• Expansion of child tax credit or monthly family allowances

✅ Public Safety and Justice

• Criminal justice reform for fairness and rehabilitation

• Support for first responders and mental health crisis services

✅ Consumer Protections

• Limits on predatory lending, credit card fees, and junk insurance

• Enhanced data privacy rights and protections from scams

✅ Transparency and Accountability

• Reforms to reduce corruption and increase government accountability

• Campaign finance transparency and limits on lobbying

⚠️ What parts are considered harmful to the poor and vulnerable?

🏥 Healthcare Access May Shrink

• Medicaid cuts or block grants may reduce coverage for low-income individuals

• Loosening protections for pre-existing conditions or mental health services

• Removal of subsidies, making insurance unaffordable for many

💸 Regressive Tax Changes

• Tax cuts skewed toward the wealthy and large corporations

• Loss of revenue may lead to cuts in social services (housing, food stamps, disability aid)

• Elimination of deductions or credits that benefit low-income families

🧱 Work Requirements for Benefits

• Imposing strict work requirements for Medicaid, SNAP, or housing aid, which can punish those with disabilities, caretaking responsibilities, or unstable work situations

🏠 Affordable Housing Undermined

• Cuts to HUD or public housing budgets

• Incentives for developers without mandates for affordable units

🧒 Childcare and Education Gaps

• Voucher-based education models may drain public school funding

• Inadequate childcare funding, particularly in low-income communities

• Failure to address rising student debt for vulnerable populations

⚖️ Criminal Justice and Immigration Provisions

• Harsher sentencing laws or reduced access to rehabilitation and reentry programs

• Immigration measures that disproportionately impact low-income immigrant families, including work permit restrictions or denial of public benefits

🏗️ Job Creation Focused on Corporations

• Infrastructure or job creation incentives may favor large contractors, not local communities

• Few guarantees for living wages, benefits, or labor protections

🔒 Reduction in Consumer Protections

• Deregulation that weakens oversight of payday lenders, predatory credit, or rent-to-own schemes

• Gutting of agencies like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Please don’t hesitate to comment *respectfully* if these facts aren’t accurate.

These are God-sized issues that require transformative God’s sized power and wisdom.

I hope these insights will inform our choices, but more importantly, our prayers.

Building platforms around a few issues—no matter how vital—often blinds us to deeper truth and fuels the kind of division that’s unraveling us. Both sides fiercely cling to convictions that are, in many cases, impossible to defend in light of the gospel.

Jesus was the Great (Global) Equalizer who leveled humanity, unifying us in our collective need for rescue.

It helps to know that ultimately, His perfect judgement and justice will prevail—here in America and worldwide.❤️‍🔥🌎

ADDENDUM (Thanks to my friend Bethany, who is an actual economist!)

“The AI analysis looks accurate for the most part, but it left out the long-term impact of ever-increasing federal debt levels. The bill allows for an increase of $5 trillion in the national debt, and those interest payments will crowd out our future ability to pay for discretionary spending, as well as Medicaid and Medicare.

I’m also concerned about the Social Security fund. According to USA Today, a “new federal projection released June 18 show the combined Social Security trust funds will pay 100% of benefits until 2034 before becoming depleted. That date is one year earlier than the Social Security Administration reported a year ago.”

PRAYER:

I trust You, Big Beautiful God. ❤️.