"Please take care of us": Low-income Trump voters worry he'll cut benefits they rely on
2 weeks ago

"Please take care of us": Low-income Trump voters worry he'll cut benefits they rely on

Salon  

From low-income voters who supported Donald Trump last month, a plea to the president-elect: don’t cut our benefits. “We helped get you in office; please take care of us,” Mosura said, shifting the conversation as though she were speaking to Trump. “Please don’t cut the things that help the most vulnerable.” Trump has enlisted billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to plot massive government spending cuts, a feat which almost certainly requires cuts to Social Security and Medicare, experts say. Some Trump voters who rely on benefits, like Steve Tillia, who receives $1900 in social security and food stamp payments, are more optimistic about cuts to the departments that help them make ends meet. “They are cutting staff, which could actually increase the amount of the programs that we get.” Meanwhile, local Republican officials are begging the incoming Trump administration to leave benefits alone.

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Food stamps, environmental safeguards and denying Ozempic: The ways Republicans could pay for Trump’s tax cuts
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Food stamps, environmental safeguards and denying Ozempic: The ways Republicans could pay for Trump’s tax cuts

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump’ and his Congressional allies could add requirements to …

'Please take care of us': Pennsylvania Trump voter begs GOP not to cut Social Security
2 weeks ago

'Please take care of us': Pennsylvania Trump voter begs GOP not to cut Social Security

Raw Story  

Residents of unincorporated New Castle, Pennsylvania, drove a surge in support for Donald Trump in 2024. New Castle used to be a booming industrial town, and a century ago it was a bastion of support for Democratic politicians, said the report: "Before Trump won New Castle, the city had last backed a Republican presidential candidate in 1956, when voters narrowly …

'Really concerned': Millions of women warned they'll bear brunt of govt program cuts
3 weeks, 5 days ago

'Really concerned': Millions of women warned they'll bear brunt of govt program cuts

Raw Story  

Advisers of President-elect Donald Trump are pushing to cut the U.S. budget by one-third — and women's groups are bracing for much of that cash to come from services they depend on. We are seeing so many policies, so many budget cuts,” said Christian Nunes, president of the National Organization for Women, in an interview with The Guardian. Republicans now …

'Hit hard': Trump’s budget expected to be especially painful for his supporters
4 weeks ago

'Hit hard': Trump’s budget expected to be especially painful for his supporters

Raw Story  

Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk was a major donor to Donald Trump's 2024 campaign and, now that Trump is president-elect, he has picked Musk and MAGA businessman Vivek Ramaswamy to head a proposed new agency called the Department of Government Efficiency. In an article Wednesday, Reuters reporters Andy Sullivan and Ally J. Levine examine possible areas in which Musk and …

Trump promised he won't cut Social Security. Should you trust him?
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump promised he won't cut Social Security. Should you trust him?

LA Times  

Hello and happy Tuesday. “We know that the Social Security trust fund is going to run out of money, and that means something has to happen,” said Alan Auerbach, a professor of economics and law at UC Berkeley. Digging a deeper hole Despite that chilling reality, Trump’s only detailed plan on Social Security so far is one that would put …

'Nothing is sacrosanct': GOP floats Social Security cuts after Musk Capitol Hill visit
1 month ago

'Nothing is sacrosanct': GOP floats Social Security cuts after Musk Capitol Hill visit

Raw Story  

Republican lawmakers on Thursday signaled a willingness to target Social Security and other mandatory programs after meeting with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the billionaire pair President-elect Donald Trump chose to lead a new commission tasked with slashing federal spending and regulations. After airing Norman's remarks, Fox Business reported that Musk and Ramaswamy told lawmakers that no federal program is …

Texas officials seek ways to further slash potential Trump Medicaid cuts
1 month ago

Texas officials seek ways to further slash potential Trump Medicaid cuts

Raw Story  

If Trump makes cuts to Medicaid, Texas officials could seize the opportunity to further slash the program "If Trump makes cuts to Medicaid, Texas officials could seize the opportunity to further slash the program" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government …

'Chomping at the bit': Analyst claims Republican just showed rush to slash Social Security
1 month ago

'Chomping at the bit': Analyst claims Republican just showed rush to slash Social Security

Raw Story  

Republicans are already revealing their eagerness to cut earned benefits for millions of Americans, if one House Republican is to be believed. In a recent interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, Rep. Richard McCormick said that he aims to convince his fellow lawmakers that "hard decisions" need to be made about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid if his party …

'Have the stomach': Republican claims Dems need to back Social Security and Medicare cuts
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1 month ago

'Have the stomach': Republican claims Dems need to back Social Security and Medicare cuts

Raw Story  

Rep. Richard McCormick told Fox Business that Republicans will desperately need help from Democrats if they intend to cut Social Security and Medicare — both of which are programs Democrats have historically supported. So, Trump's tax cuts and his mass deportation plan will result in adding almost as much as the entire government functioning for a year. "We're gonna have …

Column: Trump pledges not to cut Social Security. Here are the ways he could breach that promise
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Column: Trump pledges not to cut Social Security. Here are the ways he could breach that promise

LA Times  

Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley explained to a congressional committee that the program’s caseload has expanded rapidly while staffing has hit a 50-year low. “There’s a very serious worry on the horizon,” Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley told Al Sharpton on MSNBC last weekend, “because Donald Trump’s policies would seriously reduce the fiscal health of Social Security. Let’s take a …

The country's social safety net could be in danger as Trump looks to slash spending
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The country's social safety net could be in danger as Trump looks to slash spending

NPR  

The country's social safety net could be in danger as Trump looks to slash spending In Trump's first term, his administration proposed major funding cuts to housing, food and other public benefits. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that one likely target for cuts is the country's social safety net. JENNIFER LUDDEN, BYLINE: President Trump's first administration proposed sweeping cuts to federal …

"No mistake on who they're serving": Republicans eye Medicaid, SNAP cuts to pay for Trump tax plan
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

"No mistake on who they're serving": Republicans eye Medicaid, SNAP cuts to pay for Trump tax plan

Salon  

President-elect Donald Trump and his advisers are eyeing major cuts to federal safety net programs like Medicaid and food stamps to balance the cost of their massive tax agenda, The Washington Post reported Monday. “To pay for tax cuts for their billionaire donors, the GOP wants to make food and health care unaffordable and inaccessible for the most vulnerable people …

MAGA allies eye drastic Medicaid and food stamp cuts to fund tax breaks for rich: report
1 month, 3 weeks ago

MAGA allies eye drastic Medicaid and food stamp cuts to fund tax breaks for rich: report

Raw Story  

Donald Trump and his allies are floating the idea of major cuts to Medicaid and the food stamp program in order to offset some of the budget deficits created by their desired new round of tax cuts for the rich, reported The Washington Post on Monday. The new tax cuts are a huge priority for Trump and his allies — …

Experts: Analysis shows Trump proposal would "dramatically worsen Social Security’s finances"
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Experts: Analysis shows Trump proposal would "dramatically worsen Social Security’s finances"

Salon  

Social Security funds could run out in the next six years if former President Donald Trump wins in November, according to a new report from the bipartisan group Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Trump’s policies would add over $2.3 trillion to Social Security’s deficit between 2026 and 2033 and — and cause a 33% cut to benefits in 2035, …

Trump 'open' to slashing taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare: report
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump 'open' to slashing taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare: report

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump is toying with the idea of promising a large tax cut for the middle class as part of his 2024 re-election campaign — and one way he might do it is to raid the funding for Social Security and Medicare. According to Gram Slattery of Reuters, "Donald Trump has indicated to advisers he is keen on …

Social Security, Medicare, and 2024: House Republicans proposed wildly unpopular cuts to entitlement programs—and President Biden pounced.
55 years ago

Social Security, Medicare, and 2024: House Republicans proposed wildly unpopular cuts to entitlement programs—and President Biden pounced.

Slate  

Does Joe Biden have a little momentum? Recently, both Trump and Republican members of Congress have generously taken to making Biden’s case for him—grabbing the third rail of American politics with both hands by pledging to cut beloved entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare. It calls for raising the eligibility age for Social Security, a major benefit cut; overhauling …

Renowned economist predicts Trump will 'wreck' Social Security if he wins
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Renowned economist predicts Trump will 'wreck' Social Security if he wins

Raw Story  

During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump vowed not to cut Social Security if he won the election. Krugman continued, "It clearly signaled Democrats' vision for the future — in particular, their belief that we can preserve the solvency of Social Security and Medicare by raising taxes on high incomes rather than by cutting benefits. President George W. Bush proposed privatizing …

'Social Security is on the ballot,' say advocates as Trump threatens cuts
9 months, 4 weeks ago

'Social Security is on the ballot,' say advocates as Trump threatens cuts

Raw Story  

With U.S. President Joe Biden's proposed 2025 budget released by the White House Monday just after former President Donald Trump issued his latest threat to slash Social Security and other safety net programs, economic justice groups said the choice between the two 2024 candidates could not be clearer. While Trump's answer was "largely gibberish," according to former National Economic Council …

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on the economy
1 year ago

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on the economy

NPR  

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on the economy Enlarge this image toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images; Eduardo Munoz Alvarez-Pool/Getty Images; Jim Vondruska/Getty Images; Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images; Eduardo Munoz Alvarez-Pool/Getty Images; Jim Vondruska/Getty Images; Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The classic …

Republicans Pitch Cuts To Federal Food Benefits
1 year, 9 months ago

Republicans Pitch Cuts To Federal Food Benefits

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — All year, Republicans have said they want President Joe Biden to agree to major spending cuts without saying what cuts they want. Dusty Johnson on Tuesday introduced legislation that would expand “work requirements” in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federal policy often known as food stamps that helps more than 20 million households buy …

GOP taking budget advice from Trump official who wants to cut $2 trillion from Medicaid
1 year, 10 months ago

GOP taking budget advice from Trump official who wants to cut $2 trillion from Medicaid

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. The right-wing official who served as budget director for the Trump administration is reportedly playing a significant advisory role for House Republicans as they seek to leverage a fast-approaching debt ceiling crisis to enact spending cuts that would disproportionately impact low-income households. According toThe Washington Post, former Office of Management and Budget chief …

Column: Trump to Social Security: Drop dead
4 years, 5 months ago

Column: Trump to Social Security: Drop dead

LA Times  

President Trump can’t seem to get the stupid idea of a payroll tax cut out of his head. — Max Richtman, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Trump hasn’t been too specific about the cut he demands, but even with a partial reduction in the payroll tax the poorest Americans would receive a few percent of the benefits, …

Social Security and Medicare funds at risk even before virus
4 years, 8 months ago

Social Security and Medicare funds at risk even before virus

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The financial condition of the government’s two biggest benefit programs remains shaky, with Medicare expected to become insolvent in just six years, while Social Security will be unable to pay full benefits starting in 2035, the government said Wednesday. In a statement, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who chairs the trustees’ group, said that the Trump administration was “working …

Trump budget would cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security while expanding tax cuts for the rich
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump budget would cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security while expanding tax cuts for the rich

Salon  

While calling for an extension to his tax cuts for the rich and massive investments in his proposed border wall, President Donald Trump's proposed budget seeks to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. "We will not be touching your Social Security and Medicare in Fiscal 2021 Budget," Trump tweeted on Saturday, …

Trump now says he’ll save Social Security from his own plans to gut it
4 years, 11 months ago

Trump now says he’ll save Social Security from his own plans to gut it

Salon  

It used to be said that cutting Social Security was politics' third rail, a fatal taking of positions. For sure, we voters should be aware that Legislative Trump is definitely putting Medicare and Social Security cuts on the auction block. More seniors receiving benefits For years, we've recognized that declining numbers of working adults and increasing longevity would stress Social …

Column: Trump makes his most aggressive move yet to gut Medicaid
4 years, 11 months ago

Column: Trump makes his most aggressive move yet to gut Medicaid

LA Times  

Medicaid administrator Seema Verma with President Trump at a Washington event in 2018. Officially unveiled Thursday under the Orwellian label “Healthy Adult Opportunity,” the new rules would encourage states to cut benefits and narrow eligibility for residents who qualify under the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion provision. Although the administration asserted that the rules would give states “new levels of …

Column: Trump opens door to Social Security cuts
4 years, 11 months ago

Column: Trump opens door to Social Security cuts

LA Times  

With his penchant for saying the quiet parts out loud and assuming no one is paying attention, President Trump on Wednesday opened the door to cutting Social Security and Medicare later this year. What’s important is that Trump appears to be falling into lockstep with the more general Republican position that closing the federal deficit requires cutting back on Social …

Trump administration’s new rules could strip 3.7 million Americans of food stamps
5 years, 1 month ago

Trump administration’s new rules could strip 3.7 million Americans of food stamps

Salon  

The Trump administration’s proposed rule changes for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could cost millions of Americans their food stamps, according to a new study. The Department of Agriculture’s proposed rule changes — which include setting stricter work requirements, reducing deductions for housing costs, and reforming automatic enrollment for the program in 40 states — could result in 3.7 million …

Trump tells Republicans he may begin cutting social security and Medicare if he wins in 2020
5 years, 4 months ago

Trump tells Republicans he may begin cutting social security and Medicare if he wins in 2020

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Republicans on Capitol Hill say Donald Trump may be willing …

More than 750,000 could lose food stamps under Trump proposal
5 years, 9 months ago

More than 750,000 could lose food stamps under Trump proposal

CNN  

CNN — The Trump administration’s plans for food stamps could cost more than 750,000 people their benefits, and most of these folks are among the poorest of the poor. The administration wants to make more Americans work for their food stamps by limiting states’ ability to seek waivers from the current employment requirement. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as the …

Column: Trump’s budget would eviscerate the social safety net but provide welfare for the rich
5 years, 9 months ago

Column: Trump’s budget would eviscerate the social safety net but provide welfare for the rich

LA Times  

Much of the news coverage of President Trump’s proposed 2020 budget, which was released Monday, focuses on two aspects. Trump boasts of his determination to “defeat the HIV/AIDS epidemic.” But as Lindsey Dawson of the Kaiser Family Foundation points out, the cuts and limitations he’s proposing to Medicaid would undermine care for HIV patients, 41% of whom get their health …

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