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President Trump’s spending bill could cost low-income El Pasoans $1,200 a year, CBO finds

Trump’s spending bill will cut aid for low-income families, costing most $1,200 yearly, while boosting wealthy incomes by $13 ...

CBO report: Trump’s Robin Hood-in-reverse law takes from the poor and gives to the rich

An analysis of Donald Trump’s tax and spending act issued Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms that the measure, signed into law last month, transfers trillions of ...
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The Man Who Thinks Medicaid Cuts Won’t Cut Medicaid

Instead, we should believe that the CBO’s projection of 8 million people losing Medicaid is 8 million too high. Can we at least see the model that arrived at this amazing conclusion? No, we can’t.
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PolitiFact | Are 5 million able-bodied Medicaid recipients watching TV ...

But the CBO estimate was a projection — it doesn’t represent the current number of able-bodied Medicaid recipients, nor does it say 4.8 million people in this group "choose not to work." ...
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CBO says Medicaid and SNAP cuts hit poor as tax breaks favor wealthy

The CBO reports recent laws cut Medicaid and SNAP for low-income families while giving tax breaks to the wealthy, widening ...