Bernie Sanders' letter to Alabama's governor about 2016 budget pulls no punches.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking member of the Budget Committee, outlined the cuts he predicted in an April 26 letter to Gov. Robert Bentley. He sent similar letters to governors of every state.

"In my view, the proposals contained in the Republican House and Senate budgets will be devastating for the middle class and working families of our country and will move us in exactly the wrong time," said Sanders, an Independent, who is set to announce a presidential run.

How bad? Here's what Sanders said:


172,000 people would lose healthcare coverage.
32,000 jobs eliminated by 2017 because of cuts to transportation and education programs.
280,000 families would pay $1,116 more in taxes because of cuts to the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit.
1.1 million seniors would be forced out of traditional Medicare and moved into a voucher program.
Prescription drug prices would go up an average of $930 for almost 90,000 seniors who received Medicare Part D benefits.
The cost of college education will go up for 153,000 Alabama students because of cuts to the Pell Grant program.
570 fewer children would have access to Head Start.
902,000 would see a reduction in food stamps.
$879 million designated for roads and bridges will be cut.
Title I education funds will be reduced by $17.9 million, impacting as many as 33,700 children.
28,900 Alabamians could lose access to job training.