Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said parts of the bill are a “a backdoor way for privatizing Social Security.”
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Malnutrition and food insecurity are set to soar among vulnerable older populations due to aid cuts in Trump’s budget.
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Factoring in tariffs, the lowest 20 percent of income earners may lose $300; the top 1 percent will be $58,000 richer.
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The bill will accelerate depletion of Social Security and Medicare’s trust funds by a year, according to an analysis.
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The bill would cut Medicaid by over $1 trillion and strip health insurance from nearly 12 million over the next decade.
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The massive privatization effort was already blocked from inclusion in the GOP megabill by the Senate parliamentarian.
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Protests against Medicaid cuts continued on June 25, which led to the arrests of 60 activists at the Senate.
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That’s enough money to feed 345 million people facing hunger and starvation for two years.
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NIH workers said they felt “compelled to speak up when our leadership prioritizes political momentum over human safety.”
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Congress is poised to increase energy bills by hundreds of dollars in order to block renewable energy projects.
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The GOP budget’s cuts to Medicaid threaten to decimate 59 trauma recovery centers in 15 states.
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Community-Based Violence Reduction Efforts Could Be Casualties of GOP Budget Read Post »
Musk has not indicated he has changed his ideological views to support established Democratic Party causes.
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