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Friday, May 26th, 2017

Mulvaney: We must lower the debt for unborn children by taking food from existing children

Author:     Aaron Rupar
Source:     Think Progress
Publication Date:     24 May 2017
 Link: Mulvaney: We must lower the debt for unborn children by taking food from existing children
Stephan:   I find it hard to believe that grown men and women  can sit and listen to this kind of crap, and as a group not name it as vengeful bullying, and an extraordinary tax break for the uber-rich. But that doesn't happen and it is this lack of integrity that so outrages people across the spectrum. This is why the Congress is held in such low esteem. And as a thought experiment try to imagine the ugly view of the world you would have to have to even propose a budget like this.

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies on Capitol Hill on May 24 before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Trump’s fiscal 2018 federal budget.
Credit:: AP/Jacquelyn Martin

During a hearing about the $3.6 trillion in cuts to domestic programs included in President Trump’s proposed budget, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney made a case that the fiscal interests of the unborn should take precedence over the lives of present-day Americans — or at least those who rely on food stamps to eat or public schools to educate their children.

During a hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) grilled Mulvaney about the budget’s 25 percent cut to food assistance for the poorest Americans.

“Mr. Mulvaney, at least 20 percent of people eligible for SNAP don’t even receive SNAP because of stigma and other reasons,” she said. “So there are more people who need SNAP benefits… And you have […]

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