Defense spending offsets cuts in Medicaid spending in new budget plan. Some of those cuts will hurt those in poorer states that coincidently voted for POTUS Donnie – PB/TK
Trump’s Proposed Budget Includes A Sharp Cut To Medicaid With A Big Boost In Defense Spending – By Kaitlin Collins / May 22 2017
Donald Trump hopes to balance the federal budget within 10 years through massive reductions in spending for entitlement programs like food stamps and Medicaid.
The fiscal 2018 budget the administration will send to Congress Tuesday is built around some of the president’s biggest campaign promises, like an optimistic economic growth of three percent and boost in defense spending. But it also calls for a wave of cuts to benefit programs — $800 billion from Medicaid, $192 billion from food stamps and $272 billion at large from welfare programs.
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney explained the cuts as he outlined the proposal for reporters at the White House Monday. Though he said he believes in the “social safety net,” Mulvaney justified the $192 billion reduction in food stamps by saying the number of Americans receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program never lowered after it spiked during the recession.
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