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Here’s my initial take on the President’s budget plan. I’ve worked on a number of budgets over the years, and I’ve never seen a budget so willing to squeeze working families in order to pay for a massive tax giveaway to the very wealthy and big corporations.
It’s a disaster for our health care system. It would repeal the ACA using the same tired Graham-Cassidy bill we defeated and leave 21M+ uninsured, on top of the 13M who would no longer have coverage due to the tax bill. It also takes a sledgehammer to Medicaid and Medicare.
It’s a disaster for families struggling to make ends meet. It would cut Social Security Disability Insurance—breaking Trump’s promise not to cut Social Security—and gut programs that help provide a basic standard of living for working families.
It’s a disaster for students. It would make it even harder for Americans to pay back their student loans, and eliminates programs to recruit and train top-notch teachers in public schools.
It’s a disaster for federal workers. It would cut federal retirement benefits by more than $150B over 10 years.
It’s a disaster for our environment. It drastically limits the EPA’s ability to safeguard our environment and the Chesapeake Bay.
It’s a disaster for America’s leadership in the world, gutting the State Department while ramping up spending for nukes and the border wall.
To be clear, this Trump budget is not about deficit reduction. Even after cooking to books, they still can’t even balance the budget. This is just a plan to stack the deck even more for the wealthy and powerful and against working families.
The other shoe drops: After borrowing $1.5 trillion to finance a tax cut for big corporations and millionaires, the Trump budget pays for it by cutting Medicare, Medicaid, and parts of Social Security. It doesn't forget the "forgotten Americans"—it makes their lives harder.
Agree, the budget is horrendous in its cuts of programs hurting food for the hungry, health care for millions, support for the disabled. We’ve got to flip the Congress blue in November
Thank you for fighting for us. There is a #BlueWave2018 coming to help you
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