President Trump unveiled a $4.8-trillion election-year budget plan Monday that recycles previously rejected cuts to domestic programs like food stamps and Medicaid to promise a balanced budget in 15 years — all while leaving Social Security and Medicare benefits untouched. The Trump budget is a blueprint written under Washington rules as if he could enact it without congressional approval. The White House plan proposes $4.4 trillion in spending cuts over the coming decade. The budget also proposes tens of billions of dollars in Medicare cuts to hospitals and a Medicaid work requirement that would winnow the rolls. The Trump budget also promises a $3-billion increase — to $25 billion — for NASA in hopes of returning astronauts to the moon and on to Mars.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 10, 2020 12:23 UTC