Republican proposed Budget

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(07-21-2017, 09:21 AM)GMDino Wrote: Many of the safety net programs would be cut to almost nothing.  Medicare would go to a voucher system.

It's Ryan's wet dream budget plan.

(07-21-2017, 09:45 AM)GMDino Wrote: The House budget ultimately plans for trillions of dollars in mandatory spending cuts, but in the near term, it calls upon 11 committees to cut $203 billion altogether over a decade. So, for example, the Committee on Education and the Workforce will have to cut $20 billion over the next decade. And the Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over a variety of spending programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, would cut $52 billion over the next decade.




Billions cut for the safety net while they spend more on the military.


But as long as we can INCREASE military spending why worry about helping those in the most need or education, right?


That's the kind of stuff that has Paul Ryan stocking up on kleenex and lotion. 

A Google search tells me that in 2014 TANF had a budget of $17.35b. Fair to say it's more than that right now and has scheduled increases every year.

$52b/10 years ("the next decade") = $5.2b/yr.

That's still over $12b/yr, not including the increases. Sure glad to see that over $12 billion/over 70% of the norm is "cut to almost nothing".

We apparently have vastly different definitions of what almost nothing means.