Bernie Sanders OpEd: The Republican budget is a gift to billionaires: it's Robin Hood in reverse

Monday 16 October 2017 06.00 EDT

Excerpt:

Poll after poll after poll tells us that the overwhelming majority of Americans do not want Congress to cut Medicare or Medicaid and they do not want to provide tax breaks to the wealthy or large corporations.

A recent Pew Foundation poll finds that 85% of Republicans and 94% of Democrats want to either maintain or increase funding for Medicare. And 60% of Americans oppose slashing Medicaid, according to a recent Quinnipiac poll.

A recent Wall Street Journal and NBC poll finds that only 12% of the American people believe the wealthy should receive a tax cut; while 62% believe the wealthy should pay more in taxes.

Why are the Republicans bringing forth such an absurd budget that, in almost every instance, is diametrically opposed to what the American people want?

The answer isn’t complicated. Follow the money.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/16/republican-budget-gift-billionaires-bernie-sanders