{"id":2272,"date":"2018-02-12T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T20:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/12\/what-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-devastating-budget\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T20:28:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T20:28:00","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-devastating-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/what-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-devastating-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Need To Know About Trump\u2019s Devastating Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump budget undermines many of Trump&rsquo;s promises, hurts the people he vowed to protect, and makes Republicans&rsquo; priorities clear: deep cuts to programs American families rely on, to pay for the massive giveaways the Trump tax provided to millionaires, billionaires and big corporations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Lowlights of Trump&rsquo;s devastating budget:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Trump budget includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-02-12\/trump-s-4-4-trillion-budget-boosts-defense-with-more-red-ink\">$1.7 trillion<\/a> in cuts to social safety net programs, including billions from Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security and that&rsquo;s on top of additional cuts to food stamps, and other critical programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Trump budget sends deficits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trumps-4-trillion-budget-would-sharply-raise-federal-deficit\/\">skyrocketing<\/a>, with a projected deficit next year of more than $1 trillion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump&rsquo;s budget proposes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/budget-fy2019.pdf\">repealing<\/a> the Affordable Care Act, which would further raise premiums and reduce access to care for millions of Americans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The opioid funding in Trump&rsquo;s budget lacks sufficient <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/politico-pulse\/2018\/02\/12\/trump-budget-request-seeks-13-billion-in-new-opioid-spending-100218\">funding for prevention<\/a>, and is undermined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/budget-fy2019.pdf\">$250 billion<\/a> in Medicaid cuts over the next decade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While touting his infrastructure plan, Trump&rsquo;s budget <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/2\/12\/17003840\/trumps-infrastructure-plan\">cuts billions<\/a> from essential transportation and infrastructure programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump&rsquo;s budget cuts funding for education by over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/trumps-2019-budget-proposal-live-analysis?mod=e2twfr\">ten percent<\/a>, while spending over a billion dollars to expand school choice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump&rsquo;s budget continues Trump&rsquo;s anti-immigration agenda, dramatically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-02-12\/trump-to-urge-wall-opioid-spending-as-congress-sets-own-course\">increasing<\/a> spending on immigration enforcement and funding a border wall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump&rsquo;s budget slashes funding for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bna.com\/trump-wants-21-n57982088623\/\">job training<\/a> programs and eliminates a program that helps low-income seniors find work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump budget undermines many of Trump&rsquo;s promises, hurts the people he vowed to protect, and makes Republicans&rsquo; priorities clear: deep cuts to programs American families rely on, to pay for the massive giveaways the Trump tax provided to millionaires, billionaires and big corporations. &nbsp; Lowlights of Trump&rsquo;s devastating budget: &nbsp; The Trump budget includes <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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