Trump’s vision for the budget adds to the deficit while cutting domestic programs such as food stamps that benefit people in need
Donald Trump’s budget proposal, unveiled on Monday, revived his calls for big cuts to domestic programs that benefit the poor and middle class, such as food stamps, as well as plans to entirely eliminate several arts and earth sciences funding.
The president, who is looking for large increases in military spending, is also proposing work requirements...
Month: February 2018
White House tells $7 trillion lie about Trump’s budget proposal
Deputy White House Press Secretary Raj Shah appeared on Fox & Friends Tuesday morning to defend President Trump’s 2019 budget.
“So it’s a great plan, but it also has serious deficit reduction […] It has over $3 trillion dollars in deficit reduction, which is the largest deficit reduction of a budget in terms of a 10-year outlay that we’ve ever seen,” he said. “It lays down a path toward fiscal responsibility, it allows us to kee...
Trump officials face decision on lifetime limits for Medicaid
The Trump administration is facing a crucial test of how much flexibility they are willing to give states to remake their Medicaid programs.Federal officials have already given the green light to two states to impo...
Winners and losers under Medicare drug plan in Trump budget
Some Medicare beneficiaries face higher drug costs under Trump's budget even as the sickest patients save money
White House budget proposes increase to defense spending and major cuts to safety net programs, but federal deficit would remain
The budget plan comes as Congress prepares to finalize spending for the current fiscal year. It would continue to markedly increase military spending and set aside money for a wall along the Mexico border, among other things. It also calls for major spending reductions in Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and other social programs, reductions that […]
Pelosi resurfaces Trump tweet vowing no Medicaid cuts after budget that slashes Medicaid
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) resurfaced a 2015 tweet by President Trump promising that he wouldn't make cuts to Medicaid and Medicare after his budget proposed cuts to both programs."There really i...
Trump’s budget cuts Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, breaking core campaign promise
When he began his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to “save Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security without cuts.”
This is a promise, however, President Trump would like to break. Trump’s 2018 budget proposal that would cut all three programs, which help the most vulnerable in American society, by billions of dollars.
Fox News’s website tells readers that Medicare is spared “as he promised during the 2016 campaign,” but a cursory...
Trump’s spending proposal backtracks on his ‘balance the budget’ campaign cry
The White House's spending priorities for 2018 renege on President Trump's many promises to lower the deficit and keep Medicare and Medicaid spending without cuts.
