GOP Budget Bill Slashes Medicaid for Millions, Cuts Taxes for the Rich, Funds ICE at Historic Levels

[Uncle Joe]

The House of Representatives appeared set to vote on Trump's budget bill Thursday as we went to air. Should Republicans manage to pass the legislation, the bill would be sent to Trump's desk to be signed into law. The bill massively increases funding for ICE, cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid over a decade and adds $3.3 trillion to the nation's debt.

"It makes people in the country who are in the bottom 30%, working hard to pay their bills, poorer, because it's stripping away healthcare from them, stripping away food assistance from them. And it is all in the name of giving tax breaks to the wealthiest. … The top 20% in this country get 60% of the benefits," says Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna.

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[murielm99]

1. Three of these things from that crappy website on

the front page again? This should not be allowed here at DU any more than Fox.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Well here is something from the AP and Al Jazeera to break the monotony

US contractors say live rounds are being shot at Gaza aid seekers

An Associated Press report reveals leaked footage from sites of the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Two US security contractors say live rounds and stun grenades were used on Palestinians at the food distribution points run by unqualified and heavily armed guards.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/132151823