House GOP Budget Picture Starts to Develop: Increased Overall Spending & CBO est. ~$2,400,000,000,000 in Additional Debt

essentialsaltes · Jul 17, 2025

essentialsaltes said:
Trump is proposing Congress cut $163 billion in non-defense spending next year
The "skinny budget" is a summary of budget proposals that presidents often release in their first term

1.4M of the nation’s poorest renters risk losing their homes with Trump’s proposed HUD time limit

New research from New York University, obtained exclusively by The Associated Press and published Thursday, found that if families were cut off after two years, 1.4 million households could lose their vouchers and public housing subsidies — largely working families with children.

Akita Suggagaki · Jul 17, 2025

essentialsaltes said:
1.4M of the nation’s poorest renters risk losing their homes with Trump’s proposed HUD time limit
New research from New York University, obtained exclusively by The Associated Press and published Thursday, found that if families were cut off after two years, 1.4 million households could lose their vouchers and public housing subsidies — largely working families with children.

He doesn't care. And his spineless senate and House are still afraid of him.

The Liturgist · Jul 18, 2025

Akita Suggagaki said:
He doesn't care. And his spineless senate and House are still afraid of him.

I’m all for this plan, for this reason: every dollar spent on housing for able-bodied people is one less dollar available to provide housing for the elderly and disabled, who really actually need that housing.

Fantine · Jul 18, 2025

A skinny budget to "feed" bloated, gluttonous, fat cats is not the American way.

The Liturgist said:
I’m all for this plan, for this reason: every dollar spent on housing for able-bodied people is one less dollar available to provide housing for the elderly and disabled, who really actually need that housing.

And every dollar taken away from both groups is a win-win for the billionaires' coffers.

The Liturgist · Jul 18, 2025

Fantine said:
And every dollar taken away from both groups is a win-win for the billionaires' coffers

Actually not, because homelessness adversely impacts property values. Anyone invested in real estate has a vested interest in helping the homeless.

essentialsaltes · Sep 22, 2025

essentialsaltes said:
Republican Medicaid cuts could shutter rural hospitals, maternity care

Rural Georgia hospital plans to close its labor and delivery unit, in part due to Medicaid cuts

St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in rural northeast Georgia will discontinue its maternal health services next month as its parent company moves to consolidate OB/GYN services to one location, the hospital announced last week. The decision will affect the hospital’s labor and delivery unit as well as Clear Creek OBGYN, a separate center which provides reproductive care for patients at all stages of life.

The closure of St. Mary’s labor and delivery unit in Lavonia is one of the first Georgia-based casualties of the federal budget reconciliation package, colloquially known as the “big beautiful bill.”

Pregnant patients in at least four Northeast Georgia counties will now be transferred to other facilities within the St. Mary’s Healthcare System, such as St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, which is over an hour from Lavonia by car.

Say it aint so · Tuesday at 12:12 PM

essentialsaltes said:
Rural Georgia hospital plans to close its labor and delivery unit, in part due to Medicaid cuts
St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in rural northeast Georgia will discontinue its maternal health services next month as its parent company moves to consolidate OB/GYN services to one location, the hospital announced last week. The decision will affect the hospital’s labor and delivery unit as well as Clear Creek OBGYN, a separate center which provides reproductive care for patients at all stages of life.

The closure of St. Mary’s labor and delivery unit in Lavonia is one of the first Georgia-based casualties of the federal budget reconciliation package, colloquially known as the “big beautiful bill.”

Pregnant patients in at least four Northeast Georgia counties will now be transferred to other facilities within the St. Mary’s Healthcare System, such as St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, which is over an hour from Lavonia by car.

Franklin County where Lavonia resides: Trump by 73 points. Enjoy.

durangodawood · Tuesday at 2:40 PM

Say it aint so said:
Franklin County where Lavonia resides: Trump by 73 points. Enjoy.

I think conservatives are trying to discourage people from having children, for some reason.

essentialsaltes · Thursday at 4:01 PM

'Not an accident': Trump's GOP gets blame as rural hospitals start to close

Monday reporting by CNN highlighted that Augusta Medical Group is closing three of its rural clinics in Virginia. The company said in a statement earlier this month that the closures were “part of Augusta Health’s ongoing response to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the resulting realities for healthcare delivery.”

Hospitals and healthcare clinics across the US have been announcing layoffs, service cuts, and closures in the weeks since Republicans passed a budget law that’s estimated to slash spending on Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion over the next decade.

rambot · Thursday at 4:11 PM

Say it aint so said:
Franklin County where Lavonia resides: Trump by 73 points. Enjoy.

ARG! I just had a thread about empathy.

I've pointed out many times that I tend to be overly empathetic so what comes out next is weird for me but....

If it is what they want, I just can't bring myself to feel bad for them. Clearly it is what they wanted. In that sense, I'm happy they got what they wanted, I guess.

rambot · Thursday at 4:15 PM

The Liturgist said:
Actually not, because homelessness adversely impacts property values. Anyone invested in real estate has a vested interest in helping the homeless.

oh wow. I really appreciate your positive angle on this.

Of course in reality, those investors don't actually want to "help the homeless" they just want the homeless to go away from their properties. There is a pretty hardcore anti-homeless movement going around in some places (anti-homeless architecture, and my favourite, churches getting fined for distributing food to homeless people in public). These changes occur because those with money don't want to see their investment faulter.

IT has nothing to do with empathy or helping their fellow man.

House GOP Budget Picture Starts to Develop: Increased Overall Spending & CBO est. ~$2,400,000,000,000 in Additional Debt

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