Trump’s 2019 budget slashes Social Security disability benefits programs while giving away tax cuts to the very rich

President Trump’s proposed 2019 federal budget, released earlier this month, wants to cut $72 billion over 10 years from disability programs, including Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income. Coupled with the cuts to our safety net the budget is a tax giveway to the very rich which balloons the federal deficit. 

It’s important to remember that Social Security Disability Insurance is an earned-benefit program for workers who have worked and paid into the system but health problems, injury, and/or severe illnesses prevent them from continuing to work.

Here are two excellent articles that break down the devastating impact of the administration’s propose budget:

• “President’s Budget Would Hurt People with Disabilities”
• “In Defense of Social Security Disability Insurance”