Among other things, the President’s FY 2018 budget:

“Let’s be extremely clear about something: SSDI stands for Social Security Disability Insurance. It is part of the Social Security program. While in the public mind, “Social Security” usually connotes payments you receive in retirement based on your... — Let’s be extremely clear about something: SSDI stands for Social Security Disability Insurance. It is part of the Social Security program. While in the public mind, “Social Security” usually connotes payments you receive in retirement based on your prior earnings, Social Security also encompasses a program compensating past workers who develop disabilities that prevent them from participating in the workforce. That’s disability insurance, the program that Trump’s budget is set to cut.
via VOX.
Among other things, the President’s FY 2018 budget:
Cuts billions from Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).
Slashes more than $600 billion from the Medicaid program, which undermines seniors’ access to long-term care.
Eliminates the Community Services Block Grant which helps to pay for the Meals-on-Wheels program, delivering hot meals to needy seniors.

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“Trump’s budget proposal, though widely disregarded by congressional appropriators, would cut $31.4 billion from SSDI over 10 years, according to the Washington Post.
“I recognize that he’s going to be saving Social Security Retirement, but he’s not... — Trump’s budget proposal, though widely disregarded by congressional appropriators, would cut $31.4 billion from SSDI over 10 years, according to the Washington Post.
“I recognize that he’s going to be saving Social Security Retirement, but he’s not saving Social Security Disability Insurance, which benefits more than 10 million Americans,” NBC’s Peter Alexander told Mulvaney in a press briefing Tuesday, pointing to Trump’s repeated campaign promises not to cut Social Security. “So is the President keeping his promise on that program?”
Mulvaney argued that SSDI “is not what most people would consider to be Social Security.”
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In this case, the millions of Americans with disabilities who rely on SSDI for basic income security are the ones who stand to be hurt. Though SSDI helps younger Americans, too, most of its beneficiaries are 55 or over – meaning any cuts to the program will hit older Americans particularly hard.

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Trump Budget Shatters President's Promise on Social Security, Medicaid

Other media outlets are hedging by saying the Trump budget doesn’t cut “core” Social Security benefits – whatever that means. Social Security Disability Insurance is a crucial and inseparable part of Social Security. Period. No amount of parsing can cleave the two. When you cut a program, you hurt people – whether the cuts affect “core” benefits or not.

In this case, the millions of Americans with disabilities who rely on SSDI for basic income security are the ones who stand to be hurt. Though SSDI helps younger Americans, too, most of its beneficiaries are 55 or over – meaning any cuts to the program will hit older Americans particularly hard.

Contra Mick Mulvaney, People Know Disability Is Part Of Social Security

Trump's budget director makes a tricky claim to argue proposed Social Security budget cuts don't break campaign promises.

President Donald Trump’s budget chief said repeatedly this week that when people think of Social Security, retirement insurance is the only thing that comes to mind ― not disability insurance.
A “welfare program for the long-term disabled,” Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said on Tuesday, “is not what most people would consider to be Social Security.”
Social Security is best known as retirement insurance, but plenty of people are aware that it’s also disability insurance. Forty-three percent of survey respondents said they knew someone who received disability or survivors’ benefits from Social Security, according to a 2010 poll by AARP. (Asked if they knew someone simply “on Social Security,” more than two-thirds said they did.)
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We roundly reject Trump’s 2019 budget. After signing off on tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations, the president proposes to cut Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security Disability Insurance – and myriad other programs that help older... — We roundly reject Trump’s 2019 budget. After signing off on tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations, the president proposes to cut Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security Disability Insurance – and myriad other programs that help older Americans.
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Related Reading:• Disability Insurance is Part of Social Security Whether Mick Mulvaney Likes It or Not.
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President’s FY 2018 budget:
Cuts billions from Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).

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“President Donald Trump’s budget would break one of his campaign promises to “keep Social Security intact.” Trump’s budget, according to several news sources that obtained leaked documents, would make significant cuts to Social Security Disability... — President Donald Trump’s budget would break one of his campaign promises to “keep Social Security intact.” Trump’s budget, according to several news sources that obtained leaked documents, would make significant cuts to Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which benefit disabled and low-income Americans.
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**President Trump’s 2020 budget proposal shortchanges seniors by:**
**Slashing $845 billion from Medicare.**
**Cutting $25 billion from Social Security Disability Insurance.**
**Gutting Medicaid by 1.5 trillion.**
**Cutting the Social Security Administration’s operating budget by 3.5%.**

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