On the Media: The View of Poverty

On this episode Brooke and Brad talk about how president Trump released his blue print of his budget priorities addressing only enacting spending about thirty percent of the government's money. The allowance of the departments defense homelands security go up while everything else goes down. As for social security, medicare, and medicaid we aren't sure on what Trump wants to do. When new administrations is in office they usually release something called a "skinny budget" which is an outline showing what they believe in that can help America. Something that we should be worried about are the programs that help the poor. Safety net programs such as meal on wheels, school programs that help parents with transportation for their children. This document has not only been criticize by the public and democrats but by their own republican party as well.