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We’ll have analysis of the fiscal 2020 #TrumpBudget throughout the day. Here’s what’s already clear: The budget presents a deeply troubling vision for the nation. 1/8
It sharply cuts funding in the part of the budget that invests in future economic growth through education and training, scientific research, infrastructure and the like. 2/8 #TrumpBudget
It reverses progress in making affordable health care available to people who don’t have employer coverage or can’t afford private coverage; 3/8 #TrumpBudget
It cuts basic assistance substantially for families, children, and elderly and disabled people who are in need and struggle to get by; 4/8 #TrumpBudget
It doubles down on policies that take away health care, food, and housing when adults aren’t able to meet a work requirement. 5/8 #TrumpBudget
Despite bemoaning deficits, it calls for making the costly 2017 tax cuts – which largely benefit those who already have high incomes and wealth – permanent. 6/8 #TrumpBudget
While most proposals in the #TrumpBudget won’t be enacted this year, the budget is a road map to the types of policies the Administration will seek to implement with the tools at its disposal, including executive orders and regulatory changes. 7/8
Altogether, the #TrumpBudget would make poverty deeper and more widespread, increase the ranks of the uninsured, exacerbate inequality and racial disparities and shrink opportunities for those trying to get ahead. 8/8
