Verdict Is In: Trump Budget Disastrous For Working Americans

Trump’s budget proposal proves that he simply does not care about the middle-class families who make this country function.  Despite the populist mask he wore during his campaign, Trump’s budget adds a bigger burden to the backs of hardworking Americans in order to lighten the load for millionaires and billionaires.

 

See some of the headlines from today:

 

Trump’s budget makes life for the richest easier:

 

Washington Post: “How Trump’s budget helps the rich at the expense of the poor”

 

Boston Globe: “What’s in Trump’s budget (hint: not populism)”

 

CNN Money: “Trump's budget: Big gifts for the rich, big cuts for the poor”

 

Trump’s budget targets some of the most vulnerable Americans including children, the poor and those with disabilities:

 

New York Times: “Trump’s Budget Cuts Deeply Into Medicaid and Anti-Poverty Efforts”

 

Trump’s budget sells out many of his own voters:

 

Politico: “Trump releases budget hitting his own voters hardest”

 

CNBC: “A lot of 'red states' would get hit hard by Trump's budget”

 

NBC News: “Trump’s Own Voters Would Be Among Hardest Hit By His Budget”

 

Trump’s budget makes pursuing education harder:

 

The Atlantic: “Trump’s Education Budget Takes Aim at the Working Class”

 

Washington Post: “Trump’s first full education budget: Deep cuts to public school programs in pursuit of school choice”

 

NPR: “President Trump's Budget Proposal Calls For Deep Cuts To Education”

 

And finally, Trump’s budget relies on unrealistic assumptions:

 

          New York Magazine: “Trump Budget Based on $2 Trillion Math Error”

  

Vox: “Donald Trump’s budget relies on magic economic growth”

 

          New York Times: “Trump’s First Budget Works Only if Wishes Come True”