This Chart Shows How the Safety Net Helps Working-Class White Americans [PSMag.com]

Samantha Sangenito 2/17/174:00 AM

Earlier today, Congress confirmed Mick Mulvaney, President’s Donald Trump’s nominee for budget director. Mulvaney, a Republican from South Carolina, has, in the past, proposed dramatic cuts to programs like Medicare and Social Security. Judging by a new report from the the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a progressive think tank, those cuts would be especially detrimental to white, working-class Americans.

[For more of this story, written by Dwyer Gunn, go to https://psmag.com/this-chart-s...242c1c0f0#.ej95nr31j]

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