How Countries Nearly Eliminated Homelessness

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pTInM6_enV0

 

Why are people homeless?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o9C7DVdrExw

 

Hundreds of ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Labor Day rallies take place across US

Protests denounce Trump administration's policies and call for the protection of social safety nets…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/01/workers-over-billionaires-labor-day-rallies

 

Opinion: What 'BBB' really means - CNN

…Passing the legislation would count as a landmark achievement. The $1.9 trillion bill would drastically expand the social safety net and help fight climate change by providing subsidies for health care and childcare, free and universal preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds, along with new tax credits for clean energy, investments in electric vehicles, and funding for environmental conservation. The bill will would also allow the federal government to negotiate the prices of prescription drugs for older Americans on Medicare, provide new and improved affordable housing, include subsidies to make high-speed internet more accessible -- and more...

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/19/opinions/build-back-better-biden-messaging-zelizer/index.html

Conservative Republicans propose $14T in cuts to balance budget | TheHill

… It would cut $2.5 trillion from current Medicare projections, $3.3 trillion from other health programs including Medicaid, and lop another $3.5 trillion from other mandatory programs that largely comprise the social safety net...

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/554412-conservative-republicans-propose-14t-in-cuts-to-balance-budget

Biden has plans for 4 major tax increases - Axios

President Biden is preparing to go to the mat for four tax increases worth about $1.8 trillion to help pay for his infrastructure and social safety net plans, advisers tell Axios...

https://www.axios.com/biden-tax-plan-increases-b8905001-1ef2-45c8-8165-87ac89d1c2fe.html

Five myths about the safety net - The Washington Post

No, welfare programs aren’t the answer to poverty. But fraud isn’t widespread, either. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-the-safety-net/2020/04/16/dbbe0dec-7f37-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html

America's billionaires are giving to charity – but much of it is self-serving rubbish

Well-publicized philanthropy shows how afraid the super-rich are of a larger social safety net – and higher taxes
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/12/americas-billionaire-class-donations

What the Trump budget says about the administration's health priorities

The Trump administration recently released its budget blueprint for the 2021 fiscal year, the first steps in the complex budgetary process. The final budget will reflect the input of Congress, including the Democratic House of Representatives, and will look significantly different. However, budget drafts by presidential administrations are not meaningless pages of paper. They are important policy documents highlighting goals, priorities and visions for the future of the country. ....
http://theconversation.com/what-the-trump-budget-says-about-the-administrations-health-priorities-131624

Trump Administration Unveils a Major Shift in Medicaid - NYTimes

States will be able to cap a portion of spending for the safety-net program, a change likely to diminish the number of people receiving health benefits through it. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/health/medicaid-block-grant-trump.html

A cynical way to make poor people disappear - POLITICO

The Trump administration is redefining poverty in order to reduce safety net benefits for low-income Americans...
https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2019/09/04/poverty-safety-net-benefits-000944

Trump Has Told Friends Gutting Medicare Could Be a Fun “Second-Term Project” - Vanity Fair

Republicans want Trump to deal with the exploding deficit by gutting the social safety net, and the president is reportedly receptive to the idea.....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/donald-trump-republicans-federal-deficit

Trump proposal seeks to crack down on food stamp 'loophole' - PBS NewsHour

The proposed rule change, outlined this past week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has highlighted the ideological clash between President Trump's attempts to tighten government entitlement programs and efforts in some states to widen the social safety net....
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trump-proposal-seeks-to-crack-down-on-food-stamp-loophole

Trump administration's proposed cuts to SNAP benefits will 'take food off of people's plates' - ThinkProgress.org

On Friday, the Trump administration officially released a proposed rule that would put 755,000 Americans' food assistance in jeopardy over three years, according to its own analysis. The rule focuses on "able bodied adults without dependents" from ages 18 to 49 who need food assistance and would essentially limit the flexibility states have to determine residents' needs....
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-food-assistance-snap-cuts-d1eed47d412a/

Trump says undocumented immigrants burden the safety net. He’s wrong - Vox

Immigrants are keeping Social Security solvent. ....
https://www.vox.com/2019/2/6/18213888/trump-undocumented-immigrants-fact-check

Thom Hartmann: The GOP Is Reviving One of Its Favorite Scams - Truthdig

Time and again, Republicans have run up the deficit on behalf of their donors, only to use it as pretext to slash the social safety net. ....
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/thom-hartmann-the-gop-is-reviving-one-of-its-favorite-scams/

Republicans' proposed cuts to safety net equal how much they've given rich people in tax cuts - Daily Kos

What a remarkable coincidence. The amount of money Republicans have given away to the one percent in the Bush and Trump tax cuts is the same amount that Republicans want to cut from the safety net, including earned benefits programs like Medicare and Social Security as well as Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1806615

Bernie Sanders: Donald Trump wants to cut Social Security. We should expand it instead. - USA TODAY

Donald Trump is shredding the safety net while claiming Democrats want to destroy Social Security. All Americans should be able to retire with dignity. ....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/09/23/bernie-sanders-expand-social-security-tax-millionaires-billionaires-column/1370048002/

Larry Kudlow Confirms GOP Plan to Shred Safety Net After Midterms - Truthdig

The White House will push for cuts to such programs as Medicare and Social Security if Republicans manage to hold on in November, according to Donald Trump's top economic adviser. ....
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/larry-kudlow-confirms-gop-eager-to-gut-safety-net-after-midterms/

Behind Trump’s Plan to Overhaul the Government: Scaling Back the Safety Net - The New York Times

A small army of conservatives have produced dozens of initiatives like the cabinet reshuffle proposal, with the goal of dismantling the social welfare system. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/us/politics/trump-government-overhaul-safety-net.html