John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Donald Trump is robbing the working and middle class to give huge tax breaks to the wealthiest among us.

In order to fund his corporate tax breaks and giveaways to the ultra-rich, he’s targeting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and more. His budget is a classic right-wing plan that would gut our most critical social programs.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is v****g ‘no.’

We’re doing everything in our power to block Trump’s new budget. Can you sign your name to join AOC in opposing it?

SIGN YOUR NAME
Trump’s sabotage of the working and middle classes is brazen. Here’s what his proposed budget would do:

Cut $850 billion from Medicare

Take $270 billion out of Medicaid

Reduce Social Security spending by $30 billion

Slash funding for student loan relief programs, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Education, eliminates some HUD affordable housing programs, and more

Meanwhile, defense spending stays the same. ICE’s budget is going up by almost 25%. He’s giving his quixotic border wall another $2 billion. And Amazon will still pay $0 in federal taxes.

Helping the wealthy and powerful afford another private jet while cutting life-saving social programs isn’t just unjust — it’s morally repugnant. Sign your name to join AOC in opposition to this budget:

incognito

OOOhhh I am scared. Don't forget it is up to Congress to approve or disapprove the Budget. Also keep in mind that a Democratic Socialist is gonna rape you anyways, V**e for AOC for dog catcher

WNYShooter Loc: WNY

Damn, the left is extraordinarily good when it comes to ginning up the financially illiterates.

Here's something for you to ponder:

Businesses and Corporations don't actually pay taxes, they collect taxes for the Gov.. The fact is, their customers pay the tax as part of their cost for the businesses product. A business plan lands at the product price by adding all of the costs, which includes all taxes, into the pricing equation.

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

With Bernie, it'd all be free.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

So diverting money from the approved defense budget didn't really happen?

EyeSawYou

Just more of the same left wing conspiracy BS f**e news fear mongering. Lol

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

Including a free unicorn.

pendennis

If you're referring to the money diverted to construction of the southern wall, those funds could legally be moved as a result of a law written in 1976, approved by Congress, and signed by then-President Gerald Ford (50 U.S.C. § 1601–1651). These t***sfers have been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

pendennis

You should have the common courtesy to cite the author(s) whom you plagiarize.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

That does not lessen the fact that funds can be diverted, nor did I claim anything illegal.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Hopefully you can continue to whine about those you feel oppose your righteous opinions. LOL!!

EyeSawYou

'Is President Trump Really Proposing To Cut Medicare By $845 Billion?' NO

"The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget does a nice job walking through the math, and concludes that the net reduction in Medicare spending would be between $515 billion and $575 billion, not $845 billion. The White House projects that total Medicare spending over the next decade will top $10 trillion."

While even $515 billion is a lot of money, very little would directly affect beneficiaries. CRFB figures about 85 percent of the cuts would come from hospitals, doctors, sk**led nursing facilities, and other providers.

Shifting accounts

To start, Trump is moving about one-third of the money–$269 billion—into a different section of the budget. He would not reduce spending for these two programs, which fund certain hospitals and medical education, he’d just shift them out of the Medicare account to somewhere else.


Of the rest, Trump’s budget saves $360 billion mostly by recycling or building on ideas first suggested by President Obama. Among the proposals: Paying post-acute and long-term care providers based on the clinical needs of beneficiaries rather than the site where the care is offered, and reducing payments to hospitals for the cost of patients who don’t pay their bills. In some cases, hospital-owned medical practices would be paid lower, outpatient rates even when they are located on a hospital campus.

None of these changes would increase costs to beneficiaries and some could, at least in theory, lower Medicare premiums. The potential downside: Some hospitals or nursing homes may stop providing services if they are no longer profitable.

Little chance of becoming law

About 11 percent of the cost savings would come from changes in the Medicare Part D drug benefit. Some beneficiaries would pay more out of pocket for prescription drugs and others less, depending on what medications they take and how much they cost. The administration also claims Medicare would save about $30 billion from broad changes to medical malpractice laws.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2019/03/14/is-president-trump-really-proposing-to-cut-medicare-by-845-billion/

Elaine2025 Loc: Seattle, Wa

Still adept at not telling the t***h I see. This has the democrat stamp of lies on it. Congrats.

FRENCHY Loc: Stone Mountain , Ga

...and happy to let you know that...

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Don't forget his cuts to NIH and CDC. Thanks, Donald, for getting us ready for the p******c.