Food aid for poor families, student debt relief and more: GOP previews new austerity targets

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Food aid for poor families, student debt relief and more: GOP previews new austerity targets

Author: Jake Johnson
Source: AlterNet / Common Dreams
Publication Date: February 10, 2023
Link: Food aid for poor families, student debt relief and more: GOP previews new austerity targets

Stephan:

I am becoming increasingly worried that because the Republicans really don't have real programs, all they have is grievances and theater so the debt ceiling is an easy cheap shot, if you don't care about fostering wellbeing. It is important to remember that the Republican Party, on the basis of what they are doing, that can be objectively measured, not what they are saying, have made it clear they don't care about the wellbeing of middle-class or poor people. Here's the proof.

Food aid for poor families, student debt relief and more: GOP previews new austerity targets — *Texas MAGAT Republican Representative Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Fickr*

Republicans on the House Budget Committee offered a preview Wednesday of the programs they’re looking to cut or overhaul as part of any agreement to lift the debt ceiling, a target list that includes food aid for low-income families, climate justice and electric vehicle funding, student debt relief, and Affordable Care Act subsidies.

The proposed cuts were outlined in a press release issued by Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), the chair of the House Budget Committee.

In total, Arrington put forth roughly $780 billion in proposed spending cuts, nearly half of which would come from reversing President Joe Biden’s student debt cancellation—a plan that is currently blocked pending a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court.

Notably absent from the House GOP’s outline was any mention of the U.S. military budget, which currently represents more than half of the federal government’s discretionary spending […]

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