Trump budget has huge cuts in federal spending for millions of Americans

 Axios -  The White House's budget proposes enormous cuts to federal spending — some of which, if enacted, would put millions of the poorest Americans in a bad spot...The proposal is just a starting point, but it's a dark one, say advocates for the disadvantaged.

The budget would cut 10% from last year's level of discretionary spending — things the government does excluding mandatory programs like Social Security and Medicare. But the White House wants to increase spending for border security and defense, so the bulk of the cuts are on non-defense programs, like health care, education, and housing.

The cuts would bring non-defense discretionary spending to its lowest level in modern history — less than 2% of GDP, compared to an average 3.1% over the past 40 years, per an analysis from Bobby Kogan, a senior director of federal budget policy at the liberal Center for American Progress. The White House says the cuts are a way to move certain programs, particularly education, back to the states, and eliminate "radical gender and racial ideologies that poison the minds of Americans."

Housing advocates were stunned by a nearly $27 billion cut to housing assistance for low-income Americans. Also cut: $4.5 billion in Title I education assistance, which is money meant for poorer school districts.   Share this story.