The people who can least afford to be economically flogged, of course.
The highlights, via PoliticsUSA:
Two million people will lose their SNAP (food stamp) benefits and another 44 million will see them cut.
Two hundred thousand children will lose school lunches
$1.7 billion dollars per year will no longer go to child welfare services that address child abuse prevention
Over half a million women and children will no longer receive WIC benefits (Women, Infants, Children) which provide milk, eggs, cereal, fruits, vegetables, and other nutritious foods to low-income families. About 1,600 will also be cut as a result
Children’s Health Insurance (CHIP) is slated for dramatic cuts
Twenty-five thousand children will no longer receive child care services
Community health care centers serving the poor will lose $55 million in funding
Over 7,000 special education teachers will be laid off
Seventy thousand children will no longer be able to attend Head Start, and 10,000 Head Start teachers will be laid off
Title I education funds will be cut resulting in the loss of funding for almost 1.2 million disadvantaged students, including another 16,000 teachers and staff laid off
Rental assistance to 125,000 families in the very deepest poverty levels will be cut putting them at high risk for homelessness
More than 100,000 formerly homeless people will be basically put back on the streets as the programs that serve them are cut
People receiving unemployment benefits will see their benefits cut by 9.4% which translates into a loss of more than $400
Almost 375,000 adults and children with serious mental illnesses will see their services cut
The Indian Health Service will be able to provide 804,000 fewer outpatient visits and 3,000 fewer inpatient visits, and $130 million more will be cut from Tribal services ranging from social services to public education
734,000 low-income families will no longer receive assistance with utilities
Because “Jobs and the Economy!”
Maybe the poor should just re-brand as “Defense Contractor?”