The Big Beautiful Bill (That Ain’t So Beautiful)

This week, Davette and Travis break down the budget bill that broke the internet—and maybe your future. We’re talking student loan garnishments, attacks on people with disabilities, billionaires getting tax breaks while everyone else gets the boot, and Trump making money off digital coins like it’s Monopoly.💸 Who’s getting richer?⚠️ Who’s getting left behind?🧾 And why are people calling this bill “beautiful” when it’s giving “let them eat crypto”? In this supersized episode, we name names (hi Budget Gang 👋🏽), follow the money, and connect the dots on how this budget is a setup for disaster. Plus, Davette shares a deeply personal story about receiving a garnishment notice—and why this fight is more than just politics. It’s survival.📣 THE RESISTANCE BRIEF: Here’s how we fight back1. Demand TPD (Total & Permanent Disability) Discharge Reform

• Call: 1-800-872-5327 (Federal Student Aid Info Center)
  
• Email: [e-mail]
  
• Script: “Reinstate and expand automatic student loan discharge for all eligible disabled borrowers.”
  

• Contact your reps via openstates.org
  
• Ask them to: “Protect low-income borrowers—ban wage and Social Security garnishments tied to federal student loans.”
  

• Post about the House Budget Committee members who backed this bill.
  
• Tag them. Call them out. Make noise.
  
• (Need help? We got the receipts in the episode.)
  

• The real history of student debt and disability
  
• Billionaire welfare and media spin
  
• Davette’s personal testimony
  
• Our weekly segment: You Can’t Neva Eva Eva Eva Eva Eva Come to the Cookout
  

2. Block Garnishment Expansions in Your State3. Name and Shame the Budget Gang✊🏽 Plus:📢 Let’s be clear: this Big Beautiful Bill is not just ugly—it’s dangerous.—🔗 Follow us and stay loud:📱 IG: @welcometothemakeitmakesensepod🎥 TikTok: @themimspodwdtlee#MakeItMakeSense #StudentLoanForgiveness #DisabilityRights #BigBeautifulBill #TrumpBudget #ResistanceBrief #TheCookout #DEIUnderAttack #FollowTheMoney