Donald Trump’s budget cuts leave disabled seniors out in the dust
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TrumpCare could harm thousands of elderly, sick, and disabled individuals.
In an ultimate act of betrayal, senior citizens who voted for Donald Trump now must watch as Trump cuts federal funding not only for the Affordable Care Act but slashes the budget for food programs, designed to feed the sick and elderly, no longer able to work, according to Rawstory.
.The message is clear, in Trump’s America, you become expendable as soon as you are no longer able to make money for his corporate business interests.Millions of seniors rely on food programs to survive, yet 23 million elders are receiving fewer meals than in 2005, a substantial decline that has increased hunger in the more elderly population by over 10 million.
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This budget cut is just unacceptable and grossly unethical, to punish the sick and the disabled who are unable to work is a profound act of contempt and cruelty. An action that spits directly in the face of Christian values of empathy, public service, and compassion, so frequently espoused by religious leaders, who rarely practice what they preach.
Even uglier in a March press conference, Trump’s budget director Mick Mulvaney defined increased military spending over food stamps for the elderly as an act of compassion to protect them, as elders going hungry have increased by as much as 65% in the last decade. Human decency is at stake, when our government’s desire to cut spending, devalues the intrinsic value of all human life, increasing political divisiveness, and inequalities at a rapid pace. Now the disabled and elderly, become disposable in Trump’s vision of a great America.
This cruel and unjustified budget cut will leave millions hungry, so we can continue to spend on an over bloated military force in the futile and sad attempt to police the entire planet.Mulvaney wants the budget to remain designed around those who work and pay taxes, and if you are disabled, you will receive no compassion and no assistance. When the wealthy and powerful chose to survive by exploiting and crushing the weak under the guise of order and morality, our nation’s integrity is at permanent stake.
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