Saturday, March 18, 2017

Trump: Reverse cuts to arts, poor/elderly if he stopped staying at Mar-a-Lago, figures show

mar-a-lago.jpgDonald Trump could reverse his recently announced cuts to arts, poor and elderly services if he cut his trips to Mar-a-Lago and lived permanently in White House instead, figures indicate.

Calculations show four programmes that face elimination – which tackle homelessness, unemployment among over-55s, participation in the arts and helping the poor access higher education – could be maintained at the cost of the President’s trips to his private Florida resort over the course of four years.

The services amount to a total of $597 million — just less than the $600 million security arrangements for the Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago visits are estimated to cost the taxpayer over the course of his term…

more: Donald Trump could reverse cuts to arts, poor and elderly if he stopped staying at Mar-a-Lago, figures show | The Independent


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