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spanone

(135,633 posts)
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 01:44 PM Feb 2020

Trump's $4.8 Trillion Budget Would Cut Safety Net Programs and Boost Defense

WASHINGTON — President Trump released a $4.8 trillion budget proposal on Monday that includes a familiar list of deep cuts to student loan assistance, affordable housing efforts, food stamps and Medicaid, reflecting Mr. Trump’s election-year effort to continue shrinking the federal safety net.

The proposal, which must be approved by Congress, includes additional spending for the military, national defense and border enforcement, along with money for Mr. Trump’s Space Force initiative and an extension of the individual income tax cuts that were set to expire in 2025. Its biggest reduction is an annual two-percent decrease in spending on discretionary domestic programs, like education and environmental protection.

“We’re doing a lot of things that are good including waste and fraud. Tremendous waste and tremendous fraud,” Mr. Trump said on Monday.

The White House budget is largely a messaging document that reflects the administration’s spending priorities and has little chance of being enacted in full by Congress. While Monday’s proposal is similar to the president’s previous requests, it is a stark contrast with the leading Democratic rivals for the White House, who have proposed large tax increases on the rich and expansions of government efforts to provide health care, education, affordable housing and aid for the poor.


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Trump's $4.8 Trillion Budget Would Cut Safety Net Programs and Boost Defense (Original Post) spanone Feb 2020 OP
Won't pass the House, but can Trump no_hypocrisy Feb 2020 #1
Of course it would shanti Feb 2020 #2
OMG! He told the truth! Phoenix61 Feb 2020 #3
Can't begin to understand how this serves the country MissMillie Feb 2020 #4
The Speaker of the House has got this. Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #5

no_hypocrisy

(45,771 posts)
1. Won't pass the House, but can Trump
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 01:48 PM
Feb 2020

reallocate Medicare, Medicaid, and/or SS funds like he did for "the Wall?"

Phoenix61

(16,952 posts)
3. OMG! He told the truth!
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 02:00 PM
Feb 2020

“We’re doing a lot of things that are good like waste and fraud. Tremendous waste, tremendous fraud.”

MissMillie

(38,454 posts)
4. Can't begin to understand how this serves the country
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 02:06 PM
Feb 2020

if it increases the debt.

(Of course the draconian cuts don't serve the country either, but he could campaign on cutting the debt...)

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. The Speaker of the House has got this.
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 02:59 PM
Feb 2020

She is the most powerful Budget Person in DC. And the Orange Anus and his crew of misfits know it. Now,it is up to the Dems to ram this POS down the rethugs throat day in and day out.

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