House Republicans’ latest budget is a slightly new twist on a familiar theme: low taxes, particularly on the wealthiest, financed by extreme cuts to government spending programs. Knowing the GOP’s — and, frankly many Democrats’ — penchant for high levels of military spending, this mostly means unfathomably deep cuts to domestic health care, education, science and other programs.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=100334