Trump's New Budget Goes After Social Safety Net Programs

The budget calls for cuts to Medicaid and food stamps while asking tax-payers to pay billions for the president’s wall

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The president’s proposed budget looks to cut $4.4 trillion in government spending over a decade and targets changes to the Medicare prescription drug program that would slash $130 billion. Also, it looks to cut $292 billion from Medicaid and food stamps, and it takes another $70 billion by limiting disability benefits.

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