The president’ s $4.1 trillion budget is entitled “ A New Foundation for American Greatness.”
President Donald Trump’s first federal budget has been delivered to Capitol Hill.
The president’s $4.1 trillion budget is entitled “A New Foundation for American Greatness.”
Defense spending is on the winner’s list, a $54 billion boost over the next year. There’s also an extra $2.6 billion for border security, and $19 billion for a new, paid parental leave program.
The budget also calls for an $880 billion cut in Medicaid, a reduction that will have a relatively small impact on Georgia compared to other states.
Food stamps, a program that means a lot to Georgians, would also be cut by $193 billion.
In 2017,1.73 million Georgians received food stamps. That’s one in six people, or 17 percent of the state. Last year on average, each Georgian on food stamps got $128 a month. That’s $1.42 per person, per meal.
Also last year, more than 70 percent of those on food stamps were families with kids; 27 percent of those were families with elderly and disabled members, while 43 percent were working families.
The president’s proposed changes would add a work requirement to receive benefits, amounting a 29 percent cut to the national program over the next 10 years.
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