fabio wrote:

Vested Id wrote:

Triple double or single digits?

When it comes to Meals on Wheels, the program that feeds 2.4 million elderly Americans would, under Trump’s budget, have to do without the 3 percent of its funding it receives through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) and the CDBG program. As the Cato Institute’s Walter Olson observed, 35 percent of Meals on Wheels’ federal funding comes from the yet-untouched Older Americans Act. The vast majority of the program’s budget (84 percent) is derived from corporate and foundation grants and individual contributions.

What is this supposed to prove? It won't completely bankrupt a service that keeps people from starving to death so by all means cut the funding and put it towards walls and capital gains tax cuts?

Details on our network’s primary source of funding, the Older Americans Act, which has supported senior nutrition programs for 45 years, have not yet been released. This vital Act provides 35% of the total funding for Meals on Wheels (both congregate and home-delivered programs) nationally. With a stated 17.9% cut to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget, however, it is difficult to imagine a scenario in which these critical services would not be significantly and negatively impacted if enacted into law.

"Private charity will pick up the slack once we eliminate government assistance" has been their justification for every shithead move to eliminate the social safety net since Reagan. Looks at this loser, not trusting corporate grants and the Koch brothers to take care of everyone!