Trump’s new budget ignores dying Americans and gives away record sums to the US military

President’s proposed budget slashes health department by 12% while throwing $1.5tn – a 42% increase – to the military Americans are dying in droves. Deaths due to avoidable causes in the United States –which could be dealt with via prevention or proper healthcare – far outpace those in most of country’s peers in the industrialized world. Most notably, Americans die of treatable conditions at nearly twice the rate as Spaniards, French, Japanese and Australians. They would most likely live long...

By Eduardo Porter