President Donald Trump’s “skinny
budget” blueprint eliminates the 43-year-old Legal Services
Corporation, the federal entity that provides millions for state-based legal
aid operations, reported The Intercept. One-third of cases handled by LSC-affiliated groups involve women who are victims of domestic violence.
Not to mention the cut would deny millions of poor people access to the civil justice system, which would disproportionately impact women, who make up 70 percent of clients served by LSC funds. One-third of cases handled by LSC-affiliated groups involve women who are victims of domestic violence.
Trump wrote that his “aim is to meet the simple, but crucial demand of our citizens — a government that puts the needs of its own people first. When we do that we will set free the dreams of every American, and we will begin a new chapter of American greatness.”
Not to mention the cut would deny millions of poor people access to the civil justice system, which would disproportionately impact women, who make up 70 percent of clients served by LSC funds. One-third of cases handled by LSC-affiliated groups involve women who are victims of domestic violence.
Trump wrote that his “aim is to meet the simple, but crucial demand of our citizens — a government that puts the needs of its own people first. When we do that we will set free the dreams of every American, and we will begin a new chapter of American greatness.”
Cutting a program that provides for the safety
of domestic violence survivors — among many others — seems an odd way to
achieve greatness, according to The Intercept. Currently, 93 percent of the LSC’s $385
million federal budget goes to fund 134 nonprofit legal aid organizations
operating more than 800 offices across the U.S. and its territories.
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