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Advocacy Groups & Editorials Reject Trump Budget

May 25, 2017
Blog Post
With the rollout of their budget blueprint earlier this week, President Trump and his Administration claim they are putting ‘taxpayers first' with ‘a new foundation for American greatness.' But the American people are not buying it.

Editorial boards and groups representing Americans slam Trump's budget for what it really is: a brutal attack on hard-working American families – stealing from essential programs that help the most vulnerable to benefit the wealthiest few with massive tax cuts.

STATEMENTS FROM CIVIL RIGHTS, LABOR, FARMER AND OTHER GROUPS:

"The Trump Budget – hands down – is the most anti-veteran, anti-military-family budget that any White House has ever released." – VoteVets

"The economic vision outlined in this budget betrays the vast majority of Americans who work hard to support their families." – Center for American Progress

"It makes life harder for Americans with disabilities, takes vital health services away from millions, and goes after vulnerable communities." – ACLU

"Trump budget singles out Planned Parenthood for the first time in history." – Planned Parenthood Federation of America

"Trump's slash-and-burn budget bad for most Americans." – NCLR

"This budget proposal is unconscionable and unacceptable." – National Low Income Housing Coalition

"Trump budget would increase homelessness and hardship in every state." – Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

"Trump budget a nightmare for America's most vulnerable." – NAACP

"Trump budget is dead on arrival." – Leadership Conference

"President Trump's budget is an assault on the farm safety net and rural communities." – National Farmers Union

"Trump-DeVos budget is a wrecking ball aimed at public schools." – National Education Association

"Trump budget reiterates previous blueprint to eliminate critical public transit programs." – American Public Transportation Association

"In his budget, President Trump doubles down on this tried-and-failed policy that leaves out the vast majority of people in our nation and preferences the wealthiest." – NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice

"Trump Administration's budget using wrong math when it comes to libraries." – American Library Association

"The Trump Administration's fiscal year 2018 budget for higher education is a recipe for higher student debt, greater inequality, and a weaker economy." – Institute for College Access & Success

"Trump Administration budget slashes support for young adults." – Young Invincibles

"President Trump's budget shows that he either does not understand the needs of small businesses, or he has no interest in helping them succeed." – Small Business Majority

"Clearly, this budget fails agriculture and rural America." – American Farm Bureau Federation

"Mayors across the country are deeply troubled by President Trump's brazen attack on the very people he promised to protect." – The United States Conference of Mayors

"It is disappointing that the Administration has put forward a budget proposal that shows such disregard and disrespect for farmers and rural communities." – National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

EDITORIALS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY:

New York Times: A Budget That Promises Little but Pain

Washington Post:Another bad budget from Trump targets the poor

Bloomberg: Trump's Budget Is a Waste of Everybody's Time

Sacramento Bee:Trump meets the pope while his budget threatens the least of us

San Francisco Chronicle:Trump's brutal budget is built on unworkable beliefs

MassLive: Trump's awful budget plan best tossed into the trash

Detroit Free Press:Editorial: Trump budget leaves working class base behind

LA Times: Trump's budget plans are magical thinking at its worst

News & Observer:Trump's budget plan hits poor people hard

NorthJersey: Editorial: Budget cuts include U.S. heart

Kansas City Star:Editorial: Trump budget replicates disastrous Kansas approach. This won't end well.

Courier Tribune: EDITORIAL: The harsh budget Americans voted for

Daily Camera:Trump's heartless budget

Herald & Review: Farmers hope Congress will "trump" the budget proposal

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Trump budget puts numbers on his vision for America. It is repellent

Houston Chronicle:No help from Trump

Fresno Bee:Trump budget is a sadistic joke that doesn't even add up

LA Times:Surprise, surprise: Trump's budget punishes the sick and the poor while rewarding the wealthy

Baltimore Sun: Trump's assault on working voters

Charleston Gazette-Mail: Trump budget is heartless, among other things

Pharos-Tribune:Trump's budget should enrage you