“Just the first set of cuts”: Expert warns GOP budget is designed to collapse the social safety net

“Just the first set of cuts”: Expert warns GOP budget is designed to collapse the social safety net

A government budget is a moral document, a statement of values and priorities. The 2025 federal budget that the congressional Republicans are proposing (as commanded by Donald Trump) is cruel. It takes more public money from the poor and working class and other low- and moderate-income Americans … Source

Don't ignore Republicans' awful budget

To start with some self-criticism: Back when the American Rescue Plan was coming together, I thought that if American fiscal policy “overshot” somewhat on the demand side, that would have positive consequences for American politics. Interest rates would rise to contain inflation (this happened) and people would find the higher interest rates annoying (this also happened), and then, as a result, the political system would return to being worried …