I’m speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival, June 25-28. I don’t have details yet, but will post when I do.
The President’s proposed budget cuts are worth a close look.
In addition to what I’ve posted this week, I have a few comments about it.
Mandatory expenditures include defense, interest payments, social security, Medicare and Medicaid, and, yes, SNAP. These can only be cut by an act of Congress.
Anything that Biden did is bad. Anything aimed to help minorities or women is bad. Anything that promotes research or tries to mitigate climate change is bad.
By avoiding discussion of education, employment, social support networks, economic status and geographic location – the social determinants that public health experts agree influence health outcomes – Kennedy, in lockstep with top wellness influencers, is practicing soft eugenics…At the heart of all these policies is soft eugenics thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving healthcare and services from the vulnerable, then you can let nature take its course and only the strong will survive….Maha perfectly mimics Maga’s deregulatory ethos: cut social services for vulnerable populations while parroting populist language that further helps consolidate power for the most well-off.
Food for thought, as we say.
Civil Eats on the effects of Trump’s first 100 days on the food system