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By Hannah Matthews
For the fourth consecutive year, President Trump has released a budget proposal that demonstrates the administration’s contempt for individuals with low incomes, immigrant communities, and communities of color. As in past years, the proposed Trump FY 2021 budget would slash billions of dollars in spending on education, health, nutrition, housing, and other basic needs that support economic stability and good health and wellbeing for children and families. These massive cuts are proposed alongside a plan to extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts that have driven up the deficit while benefiting the very rich and large corporations and that are contributing to growing income equality..
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