The Trump Budget’s Massive Cuts to State and Local Services and Programs,
by Iris J. Lav, 6/13/17, cbpp.org
President Trump’s 2018 budget would
deeply cut federal funding for programs and services states and localities
deliver. In 2027 alone, the cut would reach as much as $453 billion — 37
percent of state budgets at that time. The cuts would begin in 2018, when states and
localities would need to come up with an additional $44 billion — equivalent to
more than 5 percent of state general fund budgets — to maintain the programs
the federal government is shedding. (See Table 1.)
More than half the states already
have been struggling to close gaps between ongoing costs and revenues in their
own budgets; most states could not replace that lost funding without raising
taxes significantly. Instead, they’d very likely cut many key investments
and public services.
The budget would deeply cut four
entitlement programs: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP,
formerly food stamps), Medicaid, the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), and
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). In 2027, the entitlement
cuts would equal as much as $346 billion.
The budget would eliminate several
annually appropriated grants, including support for after-school programs and
improvements in school instruction, the Community Services Block Grant, the
Community Development Block Grant, home heating assistance to low-income
households, and housing programs including HOME and Choice Neighborhoods.
In 2027, the cuts in these discretionary grants would total about $82
billion.
The Trump budget would cut programs
that directly assist low- and moderate-income families with children, people
with disabilities, and seniors, as well as programs that improve the communities
in which low- and moderate-income people live. Rather than giving
low-income people supports to help them become self-sufficient, such as job
training, child care, adequate nutrition, and health care, this budget would
simply drive people deeper into poverty.
Georgia was budgeted in 2018 to
receive the following federal grants: $321.8
million in federal grants for learning centers, instruction, community service,
energy assistance, social services, community development and investment
partnerships. $201.2 million for adult, youth and dislocated workers. These
grants are subject to further reduction from 2018 to 2027. See full article and
tables at:
Comments
States will need to
determine what to do with these programs between now and 2027. These welfare
programs are clearly not a federal government responsibility and they need to
be shifted back to families.
CBPP.org is a
Socialist website but I posted this anyway. The facts seem feasible, but good
judgment is missing and their conclusions are wrong.
This spending cut plan
is consistent with what I observe of Trump’s other policy reforms. This program
begins immediately and cuts are gradual.
This is good news you
need to know and the Republican establishment is too lame to showcase their
budget cuts.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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