President Trump’s Proposed Budget
1. Who gets cut and how much?
· EPA (Clean Air and Water) – 31%
· State Department – 29%
· Agriculture Department – 21%
· Labor Department – 21%
· Justice Department – 20%
· Health and Human Services (NIH, CDC, etc.) – 16%
· Commerce – 16%
· Education – 14%
· Transportation – 13%
· HUD – 12%
· Interior – 12%
· Energy – 6%
· Treasury – 4%
· NASA – 1%
2. Who gets helped and how much?
· Defense – 10%
· Homeland Security – 7%
· Veteran’s Affairs – 6%
3. Who’s Exempted? Entitlement Programs
· Social Security
· Medicare
· Medicaid (except for the 25% cut over 10 years under the House Republican proposal)
· SSI
4. Who’s eliminated?
· Corporation for Public Broadcasting
· National Endowment for the Arts
· National Endowment for the Humanities
· Legal Services Corporation
· Institute for Museum and Library Services
· Community Development Block Grants (e.g. Meals on Wheels)
· Community Services Block Grants (e.g. Emergency Food Assistance)
· Corporation for National and Community Services (e.g. Americorps)
· Appalachian Regional Commission
· LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program)
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers program (after school and summer programs for low income children)
· Etc.
5. What needs to be done?
· Communicate with your local Congresspersons and Senators if you are so inclined.
Prepared by: Lucien Wulsin
Dated: March 17, 2017