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New U.S. Budget is a 'Hoax', Says Republican Senator Bob Corker ***$473 Billion cut in Medicare***
$473 billion in cuts from the federal healthcare program Medicare and $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next decade.The Senate narrowly passed the blueprint for how the U.S. government will spend $4 trillion in its 2018 budget late Thursday. But a senior Republican says the whole process is a “hoax” designed to push through plans for a GOP tax bill.
“This is the biggest hoax cast upon the American people ever that this budget process even exists. The only thing about this that matters is in preparation for tax reform,” said Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee before voting on the bill.
While Corker voted for the budget in the 51-49 vote, he said that “unless we create a real budget process, which this is not, our country’s fiscal situation is going to continue to go down the tube.”
The new budget will leave much of the same spending made in 2017 in place, but it outlines $473 billion in cuts from the federal healthcare program Medicare and $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next decade.
“This is the biggest hoax cast upon the American people ever that this budget process even exists. The only thing about this that matters is in preparation for tax reform,” said Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee before voting on the bill.
While Corker voted for the budget in the 51-49 vote, he said that “unless we create a real budget process, which this is not, our country’s fiscal situation is going to continue to go down the tube.”
The new budget will leave much of the same spending made in 2017 in place, but it outlines $473 billion in cuts from the federal healthcare program Medicare and $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next decade.
http://www.newsweek.com/new-us-budget-biggest-hoax-cast-upon-american-people-says-bob-corker-689139
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