From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/):
Washington, D.C.—In a continuation of the administration’s assaults on hard-working, low-income people, President Trump today announced his fiscal year 2019 (FY19) budget proposal. As expected, Trump proposes to finance the recent massive federal tax cuts for millionaires and corporations by making cruel and devastating cuts to programs that support children, families, and people of modest means. As bad as this enormous federal disinvestment in America’s future is, it could echo across the country by destabilizing state and local budgets, leading to cuts in basic services at the community level, as well.
Trump proposes ruthless cuts in virtually every program that helps reduce poverty and support ordinary working Americans—health coverage through Medicaid, nutrition assistance, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, housing assistance, and support for people with disabilities. Moreover, the budget seeks to add funding for both a border wall and an enforcement operation that is already terrorizing immigrant families and pushing them further into the shadows.
Read more at https://www.clasp.org/press-room/press-releases/trump-hands-bill-millionaires’-tax-cuts-everyday-americans.
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