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GOP John Cornyn regarding Trump's budget: “Basically dead on arrival."

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KSweeley

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Link: https://apnews.com/377ac4dd4e224e30...eps-pledges:-Cuts-for-poor,-more-for-military

”Basically dead on arrival," opined the Senate's No. 2 Republican, John Cornyn of Texas.

The plan is laced with $3.6 trillion in cuts to domestic agencies, food stamps, Medicaid, highway funding, crop insurance and medical research, among others. Many of the voters who propelled Trump into the presidency last November would see significantly less from the federal government.

”We're no longer going to measure compassion by the number of programs or the number of people on those programs, but by the number of people we help get off those programs," said Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget and a former tea party congressman.

The proposal got a chilly reception from congressional Republicans and Democrats, who insist they will have the final say as they struggle to complete a health care bill and rewrite the tax code.

Food stamp cuts would drive millions from the program, while a wave of Medicaid cuts — on top of more than $800 billion in the House-passed health care bill — could deny nursing home care to millions of elderly poor people. It would also force some people on Social Security's disability program back into the workforce.

”These cuts that are being proposed are draconian," said veteran GOP Rep. Harold Rogers, who represents a poor district in eastern Kentucky. ”They're not mere shavings, they're deep, deep cuts."

Said Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.: ”I don't think the president's budget is going anywhere."

”We've lost 40 percent of our wheat crop and you're telling me there's going to be large cuts to crop insurance?" asked Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan. ”Come on. That doesn't add up."

”In the America of President Trump's budget, children, working families, seniors and people with disabilities will be ‘fined,' while the wealthiest Americans will get a ‘bonus.' What's so ‘great' about that America?" asked Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois.

The budget does feature a handful of domestic initiatives, including a six-week paid parental leave program championed by Trump's daughter Ivanka that would be designed and financed by the states through cuts to unemployment insurance.
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gaugebozo

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"including a six-week paid parental leave program championed by Trump’s daughter Ivanka that would be designed and financed by the states through cuts to unemployment insurance."

Parental leave! 😄
Six-week. 😐
Cuts to unemployment. 💩
 
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KSweeley

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gaugebozo said:
"including a six-week paid parental leave program championed by Trump’s daughter Ivanka that would be designed and financed by the states through cuts to unemployment insurance."

Parental leave! 😄
Six-week. 😐
Cuts to unemployment. 💩
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Exactly my reaction, "Finally proposed paid family/parental leave, 6 weeks ehhh... can be improved, cuts to unemployment insurance, WTF?!?!? NOT great."
 
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WhiskerFrisker

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I just don't understand what goes through someone's mind to even suggest this to a country like the United States. What's wrong with you?
 
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Brandon F

Well congratulations! You got yourself caught!
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Kyou

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gaugebozo said:
"including a six-week paid parental leave program championed by Trump’s daughter Ivanka that would be designed and financed by the states through cuts to unemployment insurance."

Parental leave! 😄
Six-week. 😐
Cuts to unemployment. 💩
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Babies are pretty self sufficient after 6 weeks right
 
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Cyanity

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What is there to even say at this point? Trump's failings speak for themselves. The day this fucker goes down should be marked as a federal holiday.
 
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The Technomancer

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including a six-week paid parental leave program championed by Trump’s daughter Ivanka that would be designed and financed by the states through cuts to unemployment insurance.
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jesus fucking christ we have the money you don't need to cut anything
 
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Brandon F

Well congratulations! You got yourself caught!
Can I just add that Cornyn is a vile piece of shit despite the obvious comments that this GOP budget is obviously corrupt?

TLDR: John Cornyn is total shit and it should the first image anyone thinks of when his name is uttered.
 
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MGrant

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”We're no longer going to measure compassion by the number of programs or the number of people on those programs, but by the number of people we help get off those programs," said Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget and a former tea party congressman.
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Hey asshole, if you say this, that means you actually have to help them first, instead of just kicking them out into a vacuum of joblessness and poverty with a smile.
 
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Foffy

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MGrant said:
Hey asshole, if you say this, that means you actually have to help them first, instead of just kicking them out into a vacuum of joblessness and poverty with a smile.
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It's funny how he says this as we're about to enter a period where people will likely need these programs more than ever.

The GOP consistently looks like a party fighting and causing chaos to reality "just because."
 
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Brandon F said:
Can I just add that Cornyn is a vile piece of shit despite the obvious comments that this GOP budget is obviously corrupt?

TLDR: John Cornyn is total shit and it should the first image anyone thinks of when his name is uttered.
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Don't remind me. Him and Cruz both. This Texan wants to replace them!
 
Davey Cakes

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I cannot wrap my head around the idea that all the safety nets require deep cuts. This is basically saying "to balance the budget we need people to suffer." It's indefensible.
 
RPGCrazied

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Shaanyboi said:
Are you telling me Donald Trump has absolutely zero fucking understanding of the needs of the poor?
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What do you think? He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. People thinking he was going to be a champion for the middle class is fooling themselves.
 
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Foffy

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Rash said:
I cannot wrap my head around the idea that all the safety nets require deep cuts. This is basically saying "to balance the budget we need people to suffer." It's indefensible.
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Austerity is never, ever a good idea.
 
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RinsFury

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What a evil piece of shit. Social programs need to be boosted not cut, take the money from the damned military if you need to. The orange fuck wants everyone that isn't rich to be suffering.
 
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KSweeley

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Another quote from Mulvaney: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...f202f8-3f62-11e7-adba-394ee67a7582_story.html

The White House proposals represent a defiant blueprint for a government realignment that closely follows proposals made in recent years by some of the most conservative members of the House, a group that once included Mulvaney himself. Trump has alleged that safety net programs create a welfare state that pull people out of the workforce, and his budget would cull these programs back.

Mulvaney pointed specifically to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the modern version of food stamps. The White House plans to propose forcing states to pay a portion of the benefits in the program, which reached more than 44 million beneficiaries in 2016.

“We are not kicking anybody off of any program who really needs it,” Mulvaney said. “We have plenty of money in this country to take care of the people who need help. . . . We don’t have enough money to take care of . . . everybody who doesn’t need help.”
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Socivol said:
I will never understand this bullshit rhetoric. I'm sure there is fraud in these social welfare programs but I feel that it's minimal. You have to apply and get a shit ton of verification stuff for most of these programs. It's not like they hand these funds out like candy on Halloween.
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Truth, I'm on SSDI and it's not easy to get on SSDI.
 
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Man God

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KSweeley said:
Truth, I'm on SSDI and it's not easy to get on SSDI.
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My mom had a completely broken back, basically could not walk, and got rejected on the first pass. Pretty much everyone gets rejected at least once from them is what her lawyer said and sure enough she got it the second time.
 
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StopMakingSense

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Socivol said:
I will never understand this bullshit rhetoric. I'm sure there is fraud in these social welfare programs but I feel that it's minimal. You have to apply and get a shit ton of verification stuff for most of these programs. It's not like they hand these funds out like candy on Halloween.
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And its such a pittance, too. You are basically telling the government, 'it's cool, i'll just be destitute the rest of my life, but hey I won't starve!'
 
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rjinaz

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I for one am shocked that filthy rich Trump and his administration don't give a shit about anybody that isn't wealthy. Shocked.

Well at least this is dead. It's all Trump is good for, not having any shit passed.
 
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