But Let’s talk about the term “CUTS” again.
Is it really a cut in overall spending, or is it simply a cut in spending INCREASE? If the latter, then there are NO CUTS.
Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that medicaid’s budget is 100 billion. With a proposed increase of 5% which would put the new budget at 105,000,000,000. A proposal is given to cut the increase in half to 2.5%, which means the budget is increasing to 102,500,000,000. Democrats will claim that medicaid is being cut by 2.5 billion ( actually, to make it sound more dire, they’d say that it is being cut IN HALF ). When in reality it’s actually INCREASING by 2.5 billion.
They pull that out that lie every time someone tries to get spending under control and the Republicans allow them to do it. I wonder if Trump is as good a communications man as he claims to be....
"Look, Obama didn't really care about people who needed help. He didn't spend that much. Trump is much better -- that's why Trump is spending more money on the safety net than Obama ever did. Yes, adjusted for inflation. Trump is being more generous than Obama. That's not what you heard? Well, that's because the media lies to you. They said Trump was cutting spending on the safety net? No. It's the opposite. Trump is spending more than Obama. Just a fact. So, you might want to watch out when you believe everything the media tells you."