UPDATED 2X: Trump Budget Director Suggests Meals On Wheels Doesn't Show Results
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Source: Talking Points Memo
By KRISTIN SALAKY Published MARCH 16, 2017, 4:36 PM EDT
Defending the draconian spending cuts in the first Trump budget, the White House's top budget official suggested Thursday that "Meals on Wheels" isn't "showing any results."
Appearing in front of reporters in the White House briefing room, Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, broadly defended the cuts to most of the $3 billion Community Development Block Grants which [link:http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/trump-budget-2017provides funding to states for Meals on Wheels], among other programs.
Pressed by a reporter specifically on the effect of the cuts on programs like "Meals on Wheels," Mulvaney stressed that the program wasn't a direct federal program but one that states can decide to fund with their federal community development block grants.
"The CDBGs have been identified as programs since the second Bush administration as ones that were just not showing any results. We can't do that anymore," Mulvaney said. "We can't spend money on programs just because they sound good. Great, 'Meals on Wheels' sounds great. That's a state decision to fund that particular portion."
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/states-cut-funding-meals-on-wheels
UPDATE 1:
OMB Director: Trump Will 'Keep The Promises' On Not Touching Entitlements
By MATT SHUHAM Published MARCH 16, 2017, 4:58 PM EDT
The director of the Office of Management and Budget said Thursday that President Trump would absolutely keep his campaign trail promise not to cut entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security in the federal budget.
On the day the Trump administration released its budget blueprint, OMB Director Mick Mulvaney told reporters that, though the entitlements werent in what some call the skinny first draft budget, Trump would honor his campaign promise not to touch entitlements.
The President is absolutely going to keep the promises he kept on the campaign trail, Mulvaney said during a White House press briefing. Again, you will see no reference to Social Security here, no reference to Medicare here, no reference to Medicaid here, or any of the other mandatory programs, what some people call entitlement programs, because thats not what this budget is. This is the discretionary part of the budget, half of which, as you know, is defense, and the other half is everything else, the alphabet soup of government. So just because its not here doesnt mean were dodging the issue.
Mulvaney also seemed to signal that the White House was open to negotiation on some of the more unpopular aspects of the budget.
"I've been on the Hill enough to know that some of these would be very unpopular," he said. "Keep in mind, the President is in a unique position."
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-promise-entitlement-programs
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UPDATE 2:
Meals on Wheels is 'not showing any results' only if you ignore all these results
By Christopher Ingraham March 16 at 5:10 PM
At a news conference Thursday, Mick Mulvaney, President Trumps budget chief, defended proposed cuts to the Meals on Wheels program, which provides food aid to needy senior citizens, by saying the program is one of many that is just not showing any results.
Meals on Wheels is a nonprofit group that receives funding from the federal government, state and local governments and private donors. We serve more than 2.4 million seniors from 60 to 100+ years old each year, [link:https://americaletsdolunch.org/faq/the organization writes]. They are primarily older than 60 and because of physical limitations or financial reasons, have difficulty shopping for or preparing meals for themselves.
If that doesnt clear the bar for results, as Mulvaney put it, theres also been a fair amount of peer-reviewed research on the efficacy of the program.
[link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24916974A 2013 review of studies], for instance, found that home-delivered meal programs for seniors significantly improve diet quality, increase nutrient intakes, and reduce food insecurity and nutritional risk among participants. Other beneficial outcomes include increased socialization opportunities, improvement in dietary adherence, and higher quality of life.
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nutrition boost to make them productive in the economy -- like become advanced level computer software experts. Or, Mercedes engine mechanics, so they can maintain the cars of the rich while working for MOWs. Just not happening. Damn, the prisoners of the Nazis were more productive than these MOWs seniors. These meals are not producing anything. SAD.
these people receive by having human contact. The Meals on Wheels driver is often the only person they have contact with during the day, which is vitally important to many of the recipients. In addition, having someone look in on usually elderly people can be a life saver. But no, the program "isn't showing any results". ASSHOLES
Trump is Digging His Own Grave…Literally
By Charlie Gasparino Published July 22, 2015
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2015/07/22/trump-is-digging-his-own-graveliterally.html
...snip The flamboyant billionaire has received approval to build a private cemetery at the Trump National Golf Club, a swanky 36-hole course located in Bedminster, NJ, the Fox Business Network has learned. A spokesman for Trump Ed Russo confirmed the plans for the private cemetery after Fox Business received information from members who said that ground crews had been taking initial steps to build a mausoleum for Trump on the grounds of the club....snip
... rooted in the American "religious" right "prosperity gospel." That is, the doctrine that god favors the "good" with riches, and therefore, the poor (and even those who are just "not rich"
are not "good." They don't deserve "hand outs" from good people. If they would just become good people, god would favor them. Conversely, great wealth is evidence of "goidness" deserving of ever greater wealth.
It is the only a religious doctrine I know of that is completely devoid of compassion. The only one for which the "golden rule" is meaningless.
The properity gospel is one factor driving DT's popularity with the religious right.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/posteverything/wp/2016/07/15/how-the-prosperity-gospel-explains-donald-trumps-popularity-with-christian-voters/
not showing a profit. Everything is fucking profit with these people.
Words escape me.
What? In having absolutely NO MANDATE after a questionable election? Is that what is meant?
...so THIS GUY is fine with it being cut from the budget with his name on it ~
"Tone deaf" doesn't even scratch the gilded surface
Meanwhile, we must give more subsidies and crony deals to job creators so they can create jobs. Think of the elderly who will not see any benefit from those jobs, don't pay taxes because they are old, and will just starve to death to make America great again.
Are you tired of winning yet?
