Editor, Gazette-Journal: Rob Wittman has been making claims about how his vote for the Big Beautiful Bill has helped the Virginia economy, but he isn’t giving you all the facts. He stated that tax deductions added $300 to the average family per month. The bill had also cut the subsidies for health insurance, which added hundreds to the average family’s monthly premiums. It also cut the SNAP benefits and enacts substantial cuts to Medicaid, totaling roughly $880 billion to $1 trillion over the next decade, affecting millions of Americans. He didn’t mention that the typical household gains for million-dollar-plus filers are on the order of tens of thousands annually. Unless you are a million-plus American, you are not getting ahead in this economy, and if you need assistance of any kind, Wittman doesn’t care about you. We can’t afford another term for Rob Wittman. Suzanne AlexanderGloucester Point, Va....
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