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In reply to the discussion: Trump advisers contemplating cuts to Medicaid and other welfare programs [View all]regnaD kciN
(26,592 posts)4. Oh, he understands it quite well...
...or at least his advisors do.
"We've instituted a new work requirement in order to receive disability. Oh, your disability means you can't work? Too bad, so sad. Sucks to be you."
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Trump advisers contemplating cuts to Medicaid and other welfare programs [View all]
HereForTheParty
Monday
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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
Tuesday
#10
They are starting with Medicaid and welfare programs to see what kind of backlash they will get.
Hope22
Tuesday
#17
The thing about food stamps that terrifies me . . .using them to locate "illegal aliens"
Hamlette
Monday
#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
Tuesday
#14
Of course they are. Force every embryo to become a baby a woman can't afford and then starve it.
Vinca
Tuesday
#30
Hit the poorest, sickest, and most destitute/disabled to fund tax cuts for billionaires
CousinIT
Tuesday
#31
We have a loved one in memory care that is supplemented in large party by Medicaid *
Oopsie Daisy
Tuesday
#34
I've been sayin, for DECADES, that if you aren't healthy/strong enough to be exploited/abused
Attilatheblond
Tuesday
#38
what about those who absoluty cant work. and wait till you try to put ur disabled son or daughter on it.
AllaN01Bear
Tuesday
#45
The Trump voters are about to learn that there are consequences for putting Trump back in office.
cstanleytech
Tuesday
#48