Trump Will Cut These 34 Lifesaving Government Services Next Week!

Working Americans require these life-saving government services but the GOP and Trump are going to cut them to give billionaires like Elon Musk & Mark Zuckerberg, yet another tax break!?! Thom Hartmann explains.

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There are 34 things for working people that Republicans are now saying they want to cut. We don’t have anything formal yet, but what happened was Jodey Arrington, the Republican Congressman from Texas, who is on the House Budget Committee (I believe he’s the chair, though I might be wrong), apparently released a document. Politico obtained this document, detailing what the House Budget Committee is planning to cut, where the cuts will happen, and how they plan to pay for tax breaks for Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, and other billionaires.

Here’s the list:

They want to repeal major Biden health rules. This is expected to save $420 billion. They plan to eliminate mandatory staff minimums in nursing homes, end prohibitions against discrimination in Affordable Care Act plans, and undo increased protections for people with disabilities. They also aim to eliminate new network requirements for psychological services. These measures are expected to save $400 billion.

They claim they want to "strengthen Medicare for seniors," saving nearly half a trillion dollars. This will involve eliminating funding for uncompensated care and bad debt. Currently, Medicare reimburses hospitals that provide care to uninsured, poor patients. Cutting this funding will mean hospitals won’t serve uninsured patients, leading to more deaths and the closure of rural and small hospitals, especially in poorer neighborhoods.

They plan to "make Medicaid work for the most vulnerable," cutting $2.3 trillion. This includes implementing per-capita caps on Medicaid reimbursements, which would cut nearly $918 billion. They also want to "equalize Medicaid payments for able-bodied adults," a euphemism for denying Medicaid to people who are unemployed. This would save $690 billion. Essentially, if you can’t get a job, you lose Medicaid, and once you get a job, you no longer qualify—a classic Catch-22.

They want to "reimagine the Affordable Care Act," making $11 billion in cuts. Are you noticing a trend? All these cuts target programs that help average and poor Americans, particularly in healthcare.

They plan to repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund, saving $5 billion, and cut $151 billion from the Affordable Care Act. They also want to "end cradle-to-grave dependence," which involves:

Reducing Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) by 10%, saving $6 billion.
Eliminating the TANF contingency fund, which costs $6 billion.
Reforming the Thrifty Food Plan, which would cut $270 billion by reducing food stamp benefits.
They propose reversing Biden’s climate policies. This includes:

Eliminating the electric vehicle (EV) mandate and green energy grants, saving $460 billion.
Ending the student loan bailout, saving $200 billion.
Cutting $32 billion from federal employee benefits.
Ending $200 billion in green energy tax credits.
Finally, they want to eliminate the child tax credit for people on Social Security.

[luisvaldez]

they should cut the salary of incompetent 0fficials

[jeffDwyer]

We always have money for war, illegals and raises for politicians, but NEVER veterans or the elderly. The thought of retirement gives me weakness. My apologies to everyone who have retired and filing social security during this time after putting in all those years of work just to lose everything to a problem you never imagined to happen. It’s so difficult for people who are retired and have no savings or loved ones to fall back on.

[eys]

Okay so if social security gets cut, then give all of us our Social Security money back in one lump sum. Almost all of American have been paying into it since at least 16yrs old.

[joanndula]

Im a Republican and this bill makes me mad as hell 🤬 You don't take from the poor to give the rich a tax cut.

[patsybright]

The government should not be allowed to give themselves a raise

[PhotoTrekr]

How about passing a law that felons can't run for President?

[ritaoleary]

Make Congress pay for their own Medical Insurance for themselves and their families

[audreyshadd]

Just leave the poor alone trump I’m happy I didn’t vote for him

[lindakelley]

Id love to see them eat on $50 a week. And survive on $940 a month.

[electron]

Trump should also try to cut corporate subsidies. His policies should apply to all, not just the middle and lower class.

[RoccoRyg]

I work for DHS and give people SNAP. You wouldn't believe how many Trump voters get them (they tell me this unprompted). If they get cut, I expect to hear a lot of angry clients regretting their vote.

[shansimendinger]

Welfare is not supposed to be a career choice it's supposed to help get you on your feet. You are not supposed to be on welfare your whole life.

[Nola]

Cut the people's food so the billionaires don't have to pay taxes. Great job maga 👍

[brandycoke]

They always have to mess with the poor and the less fortunate.

[kaliarisam]

Get Billionaires to pay their taxes and problems solved.

[AngieRae]

My sister and mom were just telling me the other day about this. And I couldn't believe it. I am a single, unemployed Caucasian 49 yr old woman, and if it weren't for the food share program helping me with $317 My kids and I would probably starve most of days especially with the prices of groceries right now. If trump is planning on cutting all of that stuff, then he needs to make a mandatory minimum wage of $20/hr and get grocery prices down.

[hopefloats]

Rich people dont want lower taxes. They dont want to pay ANY TAXES!!

[dgrimes]

So if millions of people die from no health insurance and hunger, how are the billionaires going to make more money? Ignorance is bliss!

[curiouspenguin]

Creating large numbers of hungry, desperate people usually doesn't go well.

[dapperdoggy]

Everybody thought he was kidding, now he's going to cut lifelines from all the poor people who need them the most.