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Cuts to Meals on Wheels and other domestic programs would offset a $54 billion proposed increase in military spending, as The Huffington Post reported.
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they sound good and great," Mulvaney said Thursday. "We can’t do that anymore. We can’t spend money on programs just because they sound good. And Meals on Wheels sounds great."
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Mulvaney's right — Meals on Wheels does sound great to a lot of people. And many of them have pointed out the irony of a billionaire taking away seniors' meals:
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These pictures might come back to haunt Melania.
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The new fiscal year begins October 1, so there's still plenty of time to debate the proposed budget.
A popular program that delivers food to senior citizens who are unable to purchase or prepare their own meals may be axed under President Donald Trump's new budget — and some people on Twitter are fuming.
According to Trump's budget director Mick Mulvaney, Meals on Wheels — which provided meals to 2.4 million seniors and 500,000 veterans last year — just isn't worth the money.
