A government budget is a moral document, a statement of values and priorities. The 2025 federal budget that the congressional Republicans are proposing (as commanded by Donald Trump) is cruel. It takes more public money from the poor and working class and other low- and moderate-income Americans and gives it to the rich by cutting the social safety net. Social Security is also being targeted for large cuts in services and benefits.
In all, the statement of values the Republicans are making is a direct one: The poor and working class (and increasingly the middle class) are “takers” in American society and thus deemed “surplus” and “social parasites” while the rich and affluent are "makers" who should be subsidized and their wealth and power increased even more at the American people's literal expense.
