Pres. Trump’s FY 2020 Federal Budget Hurts Retirees,  Persons with Disabilities, the Sick, Low & Middle Income Families and Students Transfers income to wealthy, corporations & pentagon On March 11th, President Trump released his FY 2020 budget proposal. It slashes funding for health services and human needs, cuts funding for mandatory programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, expands pentagon spending and makes permanent $1.1 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy approved in November 2017.  Congress, not President Trump, ultimately decides federal spending priorities.  However, reviewing the Trump budget proposals gives us an important glimpse at his budget priorities.  Background On a regular basis, we need to let our members of Congress know how we think about our country’s spending priorities.   Remember to speak […]