Economics
Trump's Budget Bites Deeply Into Programs Benefiting His Voters
- Lawmakers in both parties dismiss spending White House plan
- Cuts would carve through range of federal safety-net programs
Trump's Budget Would Dramatically Reduce Govt.'s Role
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President Donald Trump made an impassioned plea for support from minority voters during his election campaign by asking them, “What do you have to lose?”
On Tuesday, they got an answer, as did many of the rural, poor and working-class voters who propelled him into office. In his fiscal 2018 budget proposal, Trump asked Congress for $3.6 trillion in spending cuts that would mean steep reductions in food stamps, Medicaid health insurance payments, disability benefits, low-income housing assistance and block grants that fund meals-on-wheels for the elderly.