Trump Budget to Take Ax to ‘Radical’ Safety Net Programs

The New York Times ^ | April 25, 2025, 12:57 p.m. ET | Alan Rappeport and Tony Romm

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The Trump administration, which has made clear that it aims to slash government spending, is preparing to unveil a budget proposal as soon as next week that includes draconian cuts that would entirely eliminate some federal programs and fray the nation’s social safety net.

The proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year would cut billions of dollars from programs that support child care, health research, education, housing assistance, community development and the elderly, according to preliminary documents reviewed by The New York Times. The proposal, which is being finalized by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, also targets longstanding initiatives that have been prized by Democrats and that Republicans view as “woke” or wasteful spending.

Technically, the president’s blueprint is merely a formal recommendation to Congress, which must ultimately adopt any changes to spending. The full extent of President Trump’s proposed cuts for 2026 is not yet clear. Rachel Cauley, a spokeswoman for the Office of Management and Budget, said in a statement that “no final funding decisions have been made.”

But early indications suggest the budget will aim to formalize Mr. Trump’s disruptive reorganization of the federal government. That process — largely overseen by the tech billionaire Elon Musk — has frozen billions of dollars in aid, shuttered some programs and dismissed thousands of workers from their jobs, prompting numerous court challenges.

The early blueprint reflects Mr. Trump’s long-held belief that some federal antipoverty programs are unnecessary or rife with waste, fraud and abuse. And it echoes many of the ideas espoused by his budget director, Russell T. Vought, a key architect of Project 2025 who subscribes to the view that the president has expansive powers to ignore Congress and cancel spending viewed as “woke and weaponized.” He previously endorsed some of the cuts...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: considerthesource; officialdemnarrative; trumphoaxpart25

[E. Pluribus Unum]

But early indications suggest the budget will aim to formalize Mr. Trump’s disruptive reorganization of the federal government.

"Disruptive reorganization."

I like the sound of that.

[rdcbn1]

On a separate note - California Gov Gavin Newsome has just been caught out using federal Medicaid funds to provide “healthy meals “ therapy to illegal aliens and homeless street people.

Whatever happened to the Democrats old mantra of "quality prenatal care for at risk women"

[Semper Vigilantis]

...according to preliminary documents reviewed by The New York Times

Hey NYT:
If you have the docs, why aren't you making them available to your readers?
Certainly posting scans of the docs on your website would go a long way to incite your reader.

[Lurker]

“fray the nation’s social safety net..”

That safety net has become a hammock for far, far too many people.

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[BenLurkin]

[Savage Beast]

HALLELUJAH!

[Fledermaus]

Boo Hoo. Safety net my butt.

[JewishRighter]

Oh Noooooooos!!!! The NYSlimes put the scare quotes right there in the title. So, be very, very scared. Scum of the earth. Can’t hate the media enough.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

LOL...
▶︎ draconian cuts that would entirely eliminate some federal programs
▶︎ fray the nation’s social safety net.
▶︎ disruptive reorganization of the federal government.

The crybaby whiners never stop their whining and weeping, do they? Whatever happened to living within your means? When will people realize there isn't enough free money under the sun to give everybody what they WANT?

The past several months I've been watching lots of great old TV westerns: "Death Valley Days," "Tales of Wells Fargo," and "The Westerner." I like nothing more than being the self-reliance of people in the second half of the 19th century who have never heard of (or even conceived of) a "federal program" or a "social safety net."

Those people lived by their wits, families looked out for their own, and local charity and churches helped those in need. You frequently hear people saying "I'm not accepting your charity" because it was a sign of weakness and failure to accept charity from others. What a refreshing ethos.

How far we've fallen.

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OT -- I ran across "The Westerner" starring Brian Keith by accident. I think Amazon Prime suggested it to me. It's a great show that ran for only a part of one season with 13 episodes. It showed a much more gritty and realistic side of the American West. I read that people in the late 50s and early 60s were looking for escapist fare to put the memory of WW II behind them, so the show didn't catch on. The show was created and produced by Sam Peckinpah who also wrote and directed some episodes. Highly recommended!

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Uh oh. It looks like Rastus and Sapphire are going to have to look for a job.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

programs that support child care, health research, education, housing assistance, community development and the elderly

These aren't things the federal government should be paying for anyway.

[packagingguy]

If you ever wondered what it would look like once the Federal Government started running out of money now you know.

[ConservaTexan]

It’s more of a safety web than net.

[TornadoAlley3]

Make working great again!

[PGalt]

HOORAY Trump administration!

[Track9]

In this paradoxical world we live in, this will probably make unemployment numbers go up as the deep state fights the cuts.

[traditional2]

"It looks like Rastus and Sapphire are going to have to look for a job."

"Do da name Ruby Begonia ring a bell?"

[Ancesthntr]

If the Slimes is against it, I am for it.

[Libloather]

I voted for that.

[maddog55]

If the NYT and late hates it, it must be good