Wonkbook: If you're a poor person in America, Trump's budget is not for you

Sponsored by SEIU | By Steven Mufson and Tracy Jan If you're a poor person in America, President Trump's budget proposal is not for you. Trump has unveiled a budget that would slash or abolish programs that have provided low-income Americans with help on virtually all fronts, including affordable housing, banking, weatherizing homes, job training, paying home heating oil …   The latest economic and domestic policy from Wonkblog   Trump's budget slashes or abolishes programs that provide support to low-income Americans (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post) By Steven Mufson and Tracy Jan If you're a poor person in America, President Trump's budget proposal is not for you. Trump has unveiled a budget that would slash or abolish programs that have provided low-income Americans with help on virtually all fronts, including affordable housing, banking, weatherizing homes, job training, paying home heating oil bills, and obtaining legal counsel in civil matters. During the presidential campaign last year, Trump vowed that the solution to poverty was giving poor people incentives to work. But most of the proposed cuts in his budget target programs designed to help the working poor, as well as those who are jobless, cope. Read the rest on Wonkblog. Map of the day Trump's budget would eliminate programs designed to help people living in some of the places where he is most popular. Jeff Guo has more. ADVERTISEMENT   Top policy tweets Republican Study Caucus now supports health care bill, with changes on block grants and work requirements. — Ylan Q. Mui (@ylanmui) March 17, 2017 Trump aligning with Ryan/Mulvaney/RSC and capitulating on fiscal populism seems like the story of the month. — Conor Sen (@conorsen) March 17, 2017 The markets are bullish on fiscal policy; the Fed is agnostic. So far, agnosticism seems right.https://t.co/s7WRaDcHdT — Greg Ip (@greg_ip) March 17, 2017 Amid Trump proposal for military $$ surge, recall that Pentagon recently buried study finding $125 billion in waste. https://t.co/zxc69LWhxH — Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) March 17, 2017 US government needs to be more than just a nuclear-armed dispenser of middle-class entitlements — James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) March 16, 2017 Most Recent Posts from Wonkblog Why raising interest rates this week may have been a bad idea One powerful Fed official thinks the central bank is making a mistake By Ana Swanson  •  Read more »   President Trump won big in these places. Now he wants to eliminate 3 agencies dedicated to helping them. By Jeff Guo  •  Read more »   Meals on Wheels is 'not showing any results' only if you ignore all these results There's been plenty of peer-reviewed research into the question. By Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more »   Goldman Sachs CEO salutes bank veterans who joined Trump administration, says he hopes more follow Lloyd Blankfein tells shareholders public service 'is a core part of our culture.' By Renae Merle  •  Read more »   This program has been saving working-class jobs for 30 years. Now it’s in big trouble "They helped us, and so many manufacturers, stay competitive in today's international climate." By Danielle Paquette  •  Read more »   Trump said he wanted more miracle drugs. His budget could make funding them dramatically harder. Trump's budget would probably make it more difficult to invent lifesaving cures. By Carolyn Y. Johnson  •  Read more »   How an Obama-era law could help Democrats block Trump’s budget Trump's budget would gut scientific research, environmental protection, and programs to help the poor. By Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   Federal Insider Federal news and policy update, in your inbox daily. Sign Up »         Share Wonkbook:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for a Wonkblog newsletter. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071