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In reply to the discussion: Trump advisers contemplating cuts to Medicaid and other welfare programs [View all]radical noodle
(8,677 posts)16. Many of them voted for him
Another example of being careful what you wish for.
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Trump advisers contemplating cuts to Medicaid and other welfare programs [View all]
HereForTheParty
Nov 18
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Plus if they try they're punished as their benefits can be reduced so they're still trapped in poverty.
cstanleytech
Nov 19
#10
They are starting with Medicaid and welfare programs to see what kind of backlash they will get.
Hope22
Nov 19
#17
The thing about food stamps that terrifies me . . .using them to locate "illegal aliens"
Hamlette
Nov 18
#9
The GOP elite doesn't care about the poor, the hungry or the sick. They are the Lords of the Feudal States of America.
C0RI0LANUS
Nov 19
#14
Of course they are. Force every embryo to become a baby a woman can't afford and then starve it.
Vinca
Nov 19
#30
Hit the poorest, sickest, and most destitute/disabled to fund tax cuts for billionaires
CousinIT
Nov 19
#31
We have a loved one in memory care that is supplemented in large party by Medicaid *
Oopsie Daisy
Nov 19
#34
I've been sayin, for DECADES, that if you aren't healthy/strong enough to be exploited/abused
Attilatheblond
Nov 19
#38
what about those who absoluty cant work. and wait till you try to put ur disabled son or daughter on it.
AllaN01Bear
Nov 19
#45