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Insider's Report: President Trump's budget would leave seniors hungrier, sicker and poorer On February 10, 2020 President Trump submitted his Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget [link removed] recommendations to Congress. This budget plan betrays President Trump's promise
"not to touch" Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Specifically, this budget
calls for:
• Slashing $478 billion from Medicare over a decade;
• Gutting Medicaidwith some $1 trillion in cuts over 10 years, which undermines seniors' access to
long-term care services;
• Cutting Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) benefits by $90 billion over 10 years;
• Reducing block grant funding for vital Meals on Wheels programs, which deliver two million hot meals to seniors each year; and
• Eliminating programs that help lower-income adults get community service jobs
and help seniors with heating costs.
During a press conference [link removed] to express her disapproval of President Trump's budget, Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi quoted directly from the National Committee's press release, [link removed] saying this budget "would leave seniors and other vulnerable citizens hungrier, sicker and poorer."
One would hope that in an election year when politicians like to
put forward their most popular ideas, the President would understand the
benefits of protecting our most cherished income and health security programs.
It's time he delivers what the American people have been asking for, as
indicated by poll after poll, and not the dangerous proposals of his fiscal
axe-men.
This budget foreshadows a broader attack on seniors' earned
benefits that President Trump hinted at in a recent interview, when he said that
cutting "entitlements" is "the easiest of all things."Older Americans and our nation's most vulnerable citizens should not be expected
to pay for policies that favor the very wealthy and big corporations, most
notably the Trump-GOP tax law of 2017, which exploded budget deficits and handed
out massive tax cuts mainly to the richest Americans. [link removed] Please consider becoming a member now [link removed] to help us keep the pressure on Congress. Your continued support is essential to
the National Committee's mission of protecting your earned benefits. Bad Bills
The National Committee opposes the "TRUST Act" [link removed] (S. 2733), introduced by Senator Mitt Romney (UT), which would establish a
"Rescue Committee" for Social Security and set up a fast track process that
could easily lead to devastating cuts to earned benefits and put older Americans
on a pathway toward poverty.
Senator Romney has a long history of targeting Social Security. In the past,
he's proposed raising the Social Security retirement age, slowing the growth of
benefits for some retirees and even privatizing the program. According to
Romney, "if you ever want to see a balanced budget, if you ever want to get out of debt,
you have to deal with these trust funds." And so we believe this is yet another blatant attempt to blame Social Security [link removed] for our government's reckless tax-and-borrowing policies.
Rather than embracing another commission bill that would likely result in cuts
to earned benefits, the National Committee is urging the Senate to support S.
269, the "Social Security 2100 Act." [link removed] S. 269 clearly represents the consensus of an overwhelming majority of Americans
to close Social Security's modest funding gap and improve Social Security
benefits. It strikes the right balance between the overall financial needs of
the program and the specific needs that still exist for strengthening the
protections that Social Security provides. Take Our Poll!
During the State of the Union address on February 4, 2020, President Trump
proclaimed, "We will always protect your Medicare and your Social Security." Yet, the President's proposed fiscal year 2021 budget plan [link removed] calls for $478 billion in cuts to Medicare, $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and
$90 billion in cuts to Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits over 10 years. This mixed messaging
is confusing for millions of older Americans who are counting on their benefits
for a secure and healthy retirement.
And so we want to know what you think:
Do you believe the President's fiscal year 2021 budget plan, which also includes
dramatic new spending on space expeditions to Mars, increased permanent military
spending and expensive tax breaks for the wealthy, recognizes the real and
growing needs of retirees and working Americans?
Take our poll now! [link removed] Ask Us
Did you know that a team of experts in the field of Social Security policy is
available to answer your questions about benefits? For 37 years, the National
Committee has been helping thousands of our members and supporters with a broad
range of concerns on Social Security.
Whether you're currently retired or approaching retirement, the National
Committee's "Ask Us"section can help answer your questions about Social Security. You can either
search our archives for valuable advice on a broad range of concerns at www.ncpssm.org/ask-us-recent/ [link removed] or email your question to
[email protected] mailto:
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This week's question is: I am divorced and collecting Social Security. What are the eligibility
requirements for my new wife if I get remarried?
Click here to read the answer. [link removed] Recent Headlines
The President, Seniors Programs and the Truth [link removed] (February 7, 2020, WKXL, Audio Clip with Max Richtman)
Trump's budget could make it harder to stay on Social Security disability insurance [link removed] (February 12, 2020, CNBC, Lorie Konish)
Trump Promises to Protect Social Security and Medicare. Really? [link removed] (February 13, 2020, WMNF, Audio clip with Max Richtman)
Trump's budget proposal probably won't reduce your Social Security check, experts say, but will it lower your quality of life and health care? [link removed] (February 12, 2020, MarketWatch, Alessandra Malito)
The truth about 'greedy' seniors and the 'war' between generations [link removed] (February 14, 2020, Reuters, Mark Miller)
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