Meanwhile, the discussion in the Senate on Health Care, the overhaul of the budget, and the many administrative cut-backs now going on will determine if anyone is listening. To be satisfied that nothing major was cut for 2017 is a minimalist response. That so many proposed cuts seem both vindictive and ill-advised, it is clear the Trump agenda is still threatening more people, mostly to be suffered by the poor and most vulnerable while the self-satisfied rich enjoy preferential treatment.