Posted on 02/27/2017 2:36:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Bread for the World warned that the current FY 2018 budget outline drafted by President Donald J. Trump would worsen hunger and poverty in the U.S. and abroad. The cuts to domestic social safety net programs and foreign aid are aimed to boost the Pentagon’s budget by 10 percent.
“President Trump is proposing slashing programs that help hungry and poor people,” said Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World. “These programs include nutrition assistance in the U.S. and aid to poor and hungry people around the world. This comes when 20 million people are at risk of famine in South Sudan and elsewhere in Africa. Everyone should be alarmed by these cuts.”
According to the Office of Management and Budget, the State Department should expect significant budget cuts. Funding for foreign aid and nutrition and development programs comes from the State Department’s budget. These programs help reduce malnutrition and significantly improve the lives of mothers and children.
In his draft budget outline released today, Trump proposes a 15 percent cut across all non-defense discretionary spending. Selected programs are slated for significantly higher cuts. Currently, the US spends less than 1 cent per dollar on foreign aid, but even this could be cut by 30 percent. The Department of Defense would get a $54 billion boost.
“Last year, we saw the number of people suffering from hunger and poverty in this country fall,” said Beckmann. “Cutting funding anti-poverty programs will increase hunger and poverty. We cannot let poor and hungry people suffer further. Americans need to contact their members of Congress and tell them to stop this madness.”
While an outline of the budget was released today, the full details are slated to be available on March 14.
Why does the US have to feed everybody in the world?
I’m sure the Democrats have their “starving” children and old folks ready to go for their media blitz that’s sure to follow.
Probably a lot more homeless & granny will be thrown off the cliff & every other possible catastrophe they can blame on Trump..... They sky is falling. Blah, blah, blah.
The most effective way to stop world hunger is to kill every Islamic Terrorist on the planet.
Exactly, beethovenfan.
Why are we still feeding the whole damn world, while we have US veterans homeless and hungry right here at home?
Let the world take care of their own. That was supposed to be a mission of the UN, but that got usurped in favor of the NWO/OWG crap.
Because “We Are the World”.
The only thing that will starve is the communist wealth redistribution racket.
As usual, Women, children, minorities hit hardest.
But wait a minute....I thought Obama eradicated hunger and poverty, among other things such as lowering the sea levels?
I’m tired of caring for the health and welfare of the worlds populace.They should learn to care for themselves while our government allows us to care for ourselves by not stealing our income.
I wonder if the general public is naïve enough to still believe these “Republicans are starving children and the elderly” stories after 30+ years of the press describing any cut to the budget as Armageddon? Children and the elderly are going to do just fine under Trump’s budget.
Doesn't have to. And if government got out of the way, Christians probably could feed the world, and on a voluntary/charitable basis.
Liberals are, of course, offering to make up the difference out of their own pockets in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .
(crickets)
Blow the dust off your own checkbook, Reverend.
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Americans feeding Africans for free means small African farmers can’t make any money growing crops - so they don’t bother to develop their land, infrastructure, or develop local markets.
Our government’s stupidity often causes far more hardship beyond the silly “good intentions” they have.
Who’s gonna feed these poor waifs if the US economy collapses under the weight of twenty trillion squandered dollars.
You are absolutely right!
Stop aid, it is killing Africa: A free thinker’s unpopular views on the economics of donations
Not our job.
IOW - those that work, pay mortgage, take care of family have to pay for those that don’t? It’s either tribal warfare or government civil war ... it’s been like that for decades.
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