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The 19 agencies that Trump’s budget would kill, explained
The 19 agencies that Trump’s budget would kill, explained
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Here's what Trump's budget proposes to cut
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For many of the poorest Americans, the so-called wasteful spending projects and programs Trump plans to cut or do away with will have serious impact.
Eliminating programs like the Department of Labor’s Senior Community Service Employment program, which coordinates job readiness programs for low-income, unemployed seniors; the Health and Human Services department’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance program, which helps needy families pay their heating bills; and the Legal Services Corporation, which funds free civil legal aid for poor Americans, are all items that will hurt low-income Americans.
Trump voters will be among those most affected by these cuts. Ninety percent of voters in Alabama’s Winston County supported Trump in the presidential election, making it the most pro-Trump county in the country. The county, however, is one of the poorest in the state, with a median household income of $33,685. The state receives home energy assistance grants for its poorest residents, and federal job training programs for seniors under Obama have opened up thousands of job opportunities for older residents in the state. Legal Services Alabama, the only organization in the state dedicated to representing poor residents, takes several thousand family violence, consumer protection, and housing cases a year, most of them at no cost.
Eliminating these, or other programs for the poor and elderly will have pronounced impact on many of the voters who helped elect Trump and establish full Republican control of Congress. While Congress will still have to weigh in on Trump’s proposal, how this apparent conflict will play out remains to be seen.
Trump budget proposal would boost defense, eliminate funds for humanities, arts
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What America would look like under the Trump budget
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Proposed cuts to the EPA include defunding the Clean Power Plan, which EPA administrator Scott Pruitt sued to block as Oklahoma attorney general. Pruitt sued the EPA over a dozen times during prior to becoming its head, and
in the majority of cases he listed utilities and energy companies that had donated to his campaigns as co-plaintiffs.
Trump Budget Funds Pentagon with Cuts to Health, Aid
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If you’re a poor person in America, President Donald Trump’s budget proposal is not for you.
Trump has unveiled a budget that would slash or abolish programs that have provided low-income Americans with help on virtually all fronts, including affordable housing, banking, weatherizing homes, job training, paying home heating oil bills, and obtaining legal counsel in civil matters.
If you’re a poor person in America, Trump’s budget is not for you
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Perhaps someone can explain in a rational manner how making the poor poorer and removing the programs that help them improve their situation, messing up the environment, and removing funding from medical research etc will Make America Great Again.
Meals on Wheels could take funding hit in Trump budget
The administration’s proposed cuts target the Department of Housing and Urban Development and call for the elimination of the $3 billion Community Development Block Grant, which helps fund programs including Meals on Wheels, which deliver food (and human interaction) to elderly, disabled and poor recipients. “The federal government has spent over $150 billion on this block grant since its inception in 1974, but the program is not well-targeted to the poorest populations and has not demonstrated results,” the budget proposal states.
This is how much it costs ‘Meals on Wheels’ to feed one elderly person for a year
How is defunding Meals on Wheels, school lunches and after school programs going to Make America Great Again?
How is defunding education / job training for 55+ going to Make America Great Again?
I realize that the 'skinny budget' of the President is supposed to a plan of his vision for the nation, to be reviewed / altered / ammended by lawmakers, but how does this plan help the nation?