UNH Today

We are beginning to get a sense of what President Trump’s budget proposal will look like, including increased defense spending coupled with cuts in domestic programs, major tax reform, a large infrastructure program, and a promise to leave social security and medicare untouched. Michael Ettlinger, Director of the Carsey School of Public Policy at UNH and formerly Senior Director for the Fiscal and Economic Policy Portfolio at the Pew Charitable Trusts, says something to look for is “whether he reiterates the claims on the levels of growth he expects  his policies to result in.  Most people don’t think those are realistic even in the most optimistic scenario.”