Trump’s plan to destroy science, education, and veterans’ health care
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-would-destroy-everything-thats-not-the-military-social-security-or-medicare-15103b2da426
Tucked into the details of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trumps revamped tax and economic package is something that sounds benign: the Penny Plan.
It seems simple and maybe even, to some, smart. To reduce spending in an effort to pay for all of the other costly things he proposes, like big tax cuts Trump promises to institute a rule that would cut everything that doesnt go to the military, Social Security, or Medicare by 1 percent each year. That, the campaign claims, would reduce spending by nearly $1 trillion over a decade without touching defense or entitlement spending....
It even includes things that have been prioritized by Trump, such as border patrol and the veteran health care system....
Trumps plan would make things much, much worse. A new report from the Center on Budget Priorities (CBPP) quantifies just how much of a bite Trumps penny plan would take. Under his plan, after a decade these programs would have to operate with funding thats 29 percent lower than what they currently get.