#budget-package

#budget-package

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has identified components of the budget law as a "backdoor way for privatizing Social Security." He emphasizes the potential threat this poses to the program.

"I know that in many parts of the country, there are Americans who are not going to be advantaged by this bill. I don't like that."

The political consequences of pushing for the deepest cuts in decades to Medicaid and other safety net programs serving millions of people are already becoming clear.