Defending Cuts, Mulvaney Misleads on Food Stamps and Big Bird
President Trump’s budget director, Mick Mulvaney, defended austere budget cuts with misleading claims about economic development in coal country, how Social Security disability works and Big Bird.
In congressional hearings over the budget, Mr. Mulvaney justified the president’s proposals to eliminate or tighten public programs that disproportionately affect the very people who voted for Mr. Trump.
Here’s an assessment.
Mr. Mulvaney misleadingly claimed “we don’t cut Medicaid.”
The budget calls for changes to the Medicaid program that would “save” $610 billion over 10 years. Mr. Mulvaney argued that this didn’t count as a cut since it still allocated “more money year on year” for Medicaid.
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