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House Budget Plan: A Blueprint for Disaster

A House budget proposal would be disastrous for millions of people who rely on Medicaid, Medicare and a host of other programs aimed at helping vulnerable Americans.
House Budget Plan: A Blueprint for Disaster
House Budget Plan: A Blueprint for Disaster
AFSCME held a rally to protest President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget recently. The House budget plan, unveiled earlier this week, is just as bad. (Photo by Raju Chebium)

Right-wing lawmakers in the House are at it again.

They’re once again trying to stick it to low-income Americans, retirees and working people in order to bestow huge tax cuts on their wealthy benefactors and corporations. They unveiled a budget blueprint this week that’s just as mean as their failed plan to take health care away from millions of Americans.

It’s the start of a budget battle in Congress that could harm working people who rely on Medicaid, retirees who rely on Medicare and millions of other vulnerable people who depend on programs such as Social Security Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, once known as food stamps).

The House budget plan would actually hurt many of the same people whom President Donald Trump vowed to protect when he was running for office.

According to AFSCME’s budget experts, the plan – a blueprint the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 – would slash overall federal spending by $5.7 trillion over 10 years. Here’s some of what it would do:

The House plan “has the same warped priorities as President Trump’s budget, cutting everything from affordable housing and nutrition assistance to infrastructure and job training to college affordability and environmental protection,” AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders said in a statement Wednesday.

“The sacrifice in this budget, as usual, is shouldered almost entirely by working people, retirees and our most vulnerable populations. Meanwhile, the CEO class and the wealthiest Americans stand to get a gigantic tax cut,” Saunders added. “It’s time for a budget that strengthens public services and invests in our communities, instead of giving more to those who have the most.”

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