Robert Reich: Morality & the Common Good Must Be at Center of Fighting Trump’s Economic Agenda

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump made a promise to the American people: There would be no cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Well, the promise has not been kept. Under his new budget, President Trump proposes a massive increase in Pentagon spending while cutting funding for Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Trump’s budget would also slash or completely eliminate core anti-poverty programs that form the heart of the U.S. social safety net, from childhood nutrition to care for the elderly and job training. This comes after President Trump and Republican lawmakers pushed through a $1.5 trillion tax cut that overwhelmingly favors the richest Americans, including President Trump and his own family. We speak to Robert Reich, who served as labor secretary under President Bill Clinton. He is now a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent book, out today, is titled “The Common Good.”

Economist Joseph Stiglitz: Trump's Budget Takes a Sledgehammer to What Remains of the American Dream

The Trump administration unveiled its $4.1 trillion budget Tuesday. The plan includes massive cuts to social programs, while calling for historic increases in military spending. The budget proposes slashing $800 billion from Medicaid, nearly $200 billion from nutritional assistance programs, such as food stamps and Meals on Wheels, and more than $72 billion from disability benefits. The plan would also completely eliminate some student loan programs. It would ban undocumented immigrants from receiving support through some programs for families with children, including the child care tax credit. The budget also calls for an historic 10 percent increase in military spending and another $2.6 billion to further militarize the U.S.-Mexico border, including $1.6 billion to build Trump’s border wall. For more, we speak with Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.

Trump will Hilfe für arme Amerikaner radikal kürzen

DIE PRESSE: 800 Milliarden Dollar will der US-Präsident mit Einschnitten bei der staatlichen Krankenversicherung für Arme und Behinderte einsparen - während seine Tochter in Riad Millionenspenden an Land zieht.

US-Präsident Donald Trump verordnet dem amerikanischen Staat eine radikale Rosskur bei Sozialausgaben - zu Gunsten der Verteidigungsausgaben: Er plant Einschnitte bei der staatlichen Krankenversicherung für Arme und Behinderte. Für das entsprechende Programm Medicaid seien Kürzungen vorgesehen, berichtete die "Washington Post" am Sonntag. Das Präsidialamt äußerte sich zunächst nicht zu dem Bericht. Trumps Haushaltsvorschläge sollen am Dienstag vorgestellt werden. » | APA/dpa/Reuters | Montag, 22. Mai 2017