Americans want Medicaid and food stamps funding maintained or increased, AP-NORC poll shows

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WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republican senators consider President Donald Trump’s big bill that could slash federal spending and extend tax cuts, a new survey shows most U.S. adults don’t think the government is overspending on the programs the GOP has focused on cutting, like Medicaid and food stamps.

Americans broadly support increasing or maintaining existing levels of funding for popular safety net programs, including Social Security and Medicare, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. They’re more divided on spending around the military and border security, and most think the government is spending too much on foreign aid.

The poll points to a disconnect between Republicans’ policy agenda and public sentiment around the domestic programs that are up for debate in the coming weeks.

Here’s the latest polling data on how Americans view federal funding:

https://apnews.com/article/poll-government-spending-medicare-medicaid-social-security-0ccb0538c06d715b43bbbcaa4a1348cf

[vapor2]

1. Call.every.single.republican and tell them

not to kick off 14 million from Medicaid

[kwolf68]

2. What happens to people in nursing homes

Aren't a ton of those people supported by Medicaid?

I guess the elderly have outlived their "usefulness", so perhaps the Angel of Death-2 can be called in to address the situation.

[Lovie777]

3. GQP don't care about the USA citizens......................

except if you are in the 1%.

[MIButterfly]

4. Republicans don't care what the people want.

They never have and they never will. They only care what their corporate masters and millionaire buddies want. When will their supporters wake up to that?