An attendee wears a hat in the colors of the U.S. flag during U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Verst Logistics in Hebron, Kentucky, U.S., March 11, 2026.
AL.com reports that the deep-red state of Alabama is one of the impoverished states lining up for a beating from presidential inaction from the White House it created in the last election.
“Barring action from Congress, millions of Americans who depend on Social Security could see their benefits cut by as much as 24 percent in 2032,” reports AL.com. “The deep cuts would average about $500 a month.”
One-in-five Americans – 63 million in total – are slated to lose monthly income if Social Security’s retirement program gets a 24 percent cut today, said AL.com. And for Alabama, this will mean an average cut of $486.
Total benefit cuts would top 1 percent of Gross Domestic Product in 40 states with the largest economic impact in red states like Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, and West Virginia, among others
“The latest projections from the Social Security Board of Trustees show that the reserves of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund are set to run out in the fourth quarter of 2032. After that point, Social Security would only be able to pay 76 percent of promised benefits,” AL.com reports.
Meanwhile, the Big Beautiful Bill that Trump and Republicans passed is preparing to deliver more immediate pain from an entirely different angle, according to the Christian Science Monitor.
“At the time of the OBBBA’s passage, it faced widespread criticism from Democrats. A July 2025 Quinnipiac poll found that 44 percent of Americans thought the bill would hurt rather than help them personally. The same month, longtime GOP strategist Karl Rove predicted on Fox News that the bill could pose problems for his party in the next round of elections.”
“I think it'll have a huge impact on 2026, because, remember, as these changes, particularly the Medicaid changes, come into effect, they’re going to have, people are going to be losing their coverage,” said. Rove.
Meanwhile, voters are not buying into the tax cut Republicans and Trump touted during the bill’s passage.
“In a separate survey by Winning the Issues, part of the GOP-aligned Winston Group, almost half of U.S. voters did not think the bill prevented a tax increase on them and their families. That was a key part of Republican messaging as they campaigned to pass the bill last year,” reports CS Monitor.
“We’ve seen some Republicans run ads calling this essentially a tax cut, but that’s not how people feel,” said Julie Alderman Boudreau, the director of research at left-leaning Navigator Research. “This [bill] is a huge liability ... for any Republican on the ballot in 2026.”
