General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFormer Economics Adviser Reveals Trump Lied About Medicaid
Craig Harrington
Former Economics Adviser Reveals Trump Lied About Medicaid
May 8, 2017 4:49 pm
Discredited right-wing economic pundit and former Trump campaign economic adviser Stephen Moore accidentally let slip that gutting the Medicaid program was central to President Donald Trumps plan to repeal Obamacare, despite the presidents repeated assertions that he would not touch the program. The statement corroborates admissions Moore made at a private event last July, when he claimed that Trump would fund massive tax cuts and reckless spending by dismantling programs that provide basic living standards for millions of Americans.
During the May 8 edition of CNN Newsroom, Moore CNNs senior economics analyst was joined by University of Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee to discuss the merits of billionaire businessman and philanthropist Warren Buffetts argument that the Trump health care agenda amounts to little more than a tax cut for the rich funded by cuts to health care subsidies for low-income Americans. Goolsbee pointed out that Trumps health care legislation cuts taxes for high-income people by hundreds of billions of dollars at the expense of Medicare and Medicaid, which Trump promised he would never cut. Moore interjected falsely: He never said that we werent going to reform Medicaid, arguing, That was central to our plan all along:
-snip- video
Moores claim was debunked on air by co-hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow, as well as Goolsbee, who cited Trumps tweets and public statements as proof that he had broken his promise to protect Medicaid. Reporters who tuned in for the performance also noted Moores false statement. Moore accepted Bermans correction before quickly pivoting to talking points extolling the virtues of converting Medicaid to block grants, which would also amount to a massive benefit cut for recipients.
Moores secondary claim that gutting Medicaid was central to our plan all along drew little notice from the fact-checkers, but it sheds light on Trumps real agenda. According to a September 7 article from HuffPost political reporter Christina Wilkie, Moore had outlined Trumps often contradictory economic plans during a question-and-answer session at a private July 14 meeting of the conservative Council for National Policy (CNP) in Cleveland, OH. During the event, Moore suggested that Trump planned to pay for his costly economic agenda by removing supposedly onerous public protections imposed by the federal government and enacting draconian public assistance reforms and cuts in social services. Since taking office, Trump has proposed a budget and health care agenda that would fulfill those promises. As the article noted, Moores zeal for tearing down anti-poverty programs, including Medicaid, seems to undermine Trumps claim that he would focus on looking out for the downtrodden. It also confirms that imposing this harsh agenda and lying about it was indeed central to the Trump teams economic plan all along.
more
http://www.nationalmemo.com/former-economics-adviser-reveals-trump-lied-medicaid/
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)It's pathological with him.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)JudyM
(29,250 posts)bluestarone
(16,959 posts)not a god dam thing happens to the assholes We have to figure out a way to get to them (trap them some how)