The Trump budget emphasizes the military and
cuts the safety net for America and the world.
This is no surprise, and there is much that is distressing about the
Trump budget, but I just wanted to point out one characteristic that pretty
well summarizes today’s Republican Party, to me.
Cruelty.
Apparently, Trump and the Reps want to cut
funding for Health and Human Services Community Development Block Grants by 16%
which includes the Administration for Community Living which funds “Meals on
Wheels” that feeds impoverished elderly.
I wonder how many of my conservative friends thought they voted for
cutting funds to feeding the elderly?
And this thing about “America First”? 20,000,000 people are facing famine in four
countries: Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, and Nigeria – the largest humanitariancrisis in the history of the United Nations.
“We are facing the largest humanitarian crisis
since the creation of the United Nations,” warned Stephen O’Brien, the U.N.’s humanitarian chief.
“Without collective and coordinated global efforts, people will simply starve
to death.”
So, the
Trump administration has decided that this is the time to cut humanitarian aid
overseas. “Humanitarian” - “Trump”? Those two words don’t go together. Used to be that the United States was the
major force of benevolence and hope for a despairing world. Now, it’s just “America First” – or, tough
luck people, you’re on your own – or, America is no better than any other
country, we’re only interested in ourselves.
It seems to me that this cutting of humanitarian
support in the world is not only contrary to American principles and ideals,
but against our interests as well, because America is safer and more prosperous
in a stable world rather than one ravaged by poverty and famine. So it seems to
me that the whole concept of “American First” is short sighted and harmful to
America’s role in the world and to America’s future. But, budget cutters don’t
seem to notice, let alone care.
Not to forget, by the way, that the Trumpcare
replacement for Obamacare will remove 24 million people from healthcare
insurance. So they can just get sick
and, you know … die. But, hey, their poor so who cares?
But, oh yes, they do want to build a completely
useless wall between the U.S. and Mexico.
Must have billions for that…don’t want to make the Trumpsters angry…
I remain disgusted by this administration, and
it’s not just Trump. The Republican
Freedom Caucus in the House of Representatives has their fingerprints all over
this budget.
It is discouraging to watch the goodness of
America be abandoned and replaced by cruelty.
