Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Hello, Trump voters. Is everybody still happy?


States With the Most Americans on Disability.  (24/7 Wall St., 7/16/2016)


Trump’s Budget Cuts Deeply Into Medicaid and Anti-Poverty Efforts.  (The New York Times, 5/22/2017)
The plan would cut by more than $72 billion the disability benefits upon which millions of Americans rely.

Make that A New Foundation for American Greediness.


Related reading:
White House Proposes Deep Cuts To Safety Nets With 'Taxpayer First' Budget Plan.  (NPR, 5/22/2017)
The plan was crafted with a skeptical eye toward programs that serve the needy. Over a decade, it calls for hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and disability benefits.

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