The community of people with disabilities is on high alert after President Trump unveiled his proposed 2018 budget cuts, which call for a significant slashing to hallmark entitlement programs, including Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), that benefit this demographic as well as low-income Americans.
According to published reports, Trump’s budget proposal plans to cut funding to critical entitlement programs by $1.7 trillion over 10 years.
Republicans on Capitol Hill are stressing to the public that these cuts would not touch Social Security since SSI is funded by U.S. general treasury funds, not Social Security. However, other sources claim this budget reduction would still reduce the Supplemental Security Income to that of a block grant.
