Advocacy Groups & Editorials Reject Trump Budget
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