The House Republican Budget, in addition to providing $3 trillion in tax breaks to the rich and corporations, would gut the food stamp program, denying food assistance to millions of Americans. And that's not the only way in which the budget, authored by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), would force the pain of austerity onto the poorest Americans.
In fact, according to a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis, 62 percent of the cuts in Ryan's budget would come from programs aimed at aiding low-income Americans, including Medicaid and Pell Grants. |