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National budget proposals would harm the poor; pullback in local support will make things worse

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

National budget proposals would harm the poor; pullback in local support will make things worse

 

"Across the country, recent headlines about the impact of the Trump administration’s proposed federal budget cuts to social safety net programs are dire and worrisome. “Analysis: Congregations can’t make up for proposed federal budget cuts,” read the header on a story in the national Catholic magazine Crux. “Mean federal budget proposal hurts children,” the Tennessean declared at the top of a story about how the cuts could set back Tennessee’s steady improvement in child well-being. In the Columbus Dispatch, it was “Federal budget cutters take aim at food stamps” over a story noting that two-thirds of Ohio food stamp recipients are children, elderly or adults with disabilities. And in The Hill, US mayors warned that the proposed $6 billion cut in funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development could result in a public health crisis for residents of the country’s public housing."

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