I am not surprised to see that the White House talking points response is that "these programs don't work, they aren't helping."

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/324367-white-house-defends-cuts-to-programs-for-elderly-minorities-and-poor

Is actually consistent with a lot of his campaign talk, which has not always been the case. He's clearly been anti-LBJ all the way, and I see 1970's right here, from my link:

“[....] We spend $150 billion on those programs since the 1970s,” Mulvaney said. “These CDBGs have been identified as programs since the second Bush administration as not showing any results. We can’t do that anymore. We can’t spend money on programs because they sound good. Meals on Wheels sounds great and that’s a state decision to fund that. I can’t take money and give it to the states for programs that don’t work, I can’t defend that anymore. We’re $20 trillion in debt.”

Some of those same CDBGs are used to fund after-school educational programs that provide food to poor children, which Mulvaney said are ineffective.

“They’re supposed to be educational programs right? They’re supposed to help kids who don’t get fed at home get fed so they do better at school,” he said. “Guess what, there’s no demonstrable evidence they’re doing that, helping results, helping kids do better in school … which, when we took the money from you, the way we justified it was these programs are going to help children do better in school and get better jobs. We can’t prove that is happening.”  [....]

According to the bits and pieces I heard Trump talking yesterday, instead of these programs that don't work, he's going to get everyone a good job making America great again building yuge stuff like Rosie the Riveter did. (That is why it's important to keep Mexicans out.) And if other countries don't want to buy all the stuff, don't worry, the Pentagon will and they will at the same time be making us safe. See? Big yuge all American companies with great jobs, that's what works, not these government programs Example: choice and competition in schools makes for better schools, a parochial school is an ideal institution for “disadvantaged children” .

NPR goes over his foreign budget:

Trump Foreign Budget: HIV Prevention Spared, U.N. And Others Lose Big

Annual taxpayer cost of keeping Melania and Barron in NYC vs. Corporation for Public Broadcasting, NEA and Legal Services for Poor:

Source article Center for Economic and Policy Research, Feb. 18,

Paying for Legal Services or Keeping Melania Trump in NYC: Choices for Taxpayers

The Growing Red-State Backlash to Donald Trump

Republican governors are pushing back on the White House budget proposal, which would disproportionately harm many G.O.P. voters

 

By Abigail Tracy @ The Hive @ Vanity Fair, March 22