With the aim of “making government work again,” the Trump White House on Thursday unveiled a $1.1 trillion budget blueprint for discretionary spending in fiscal 2017 and 2018 that would abolish 19 agencies and eliminate thousands of agency jobs.
The 54-page “America First” document, focused primarily on fiscal 2018, would boost the Defense Department and related programs at Energy by $54 billion, and Homeland Security by $2.8 billion. It would offset such increases by cutting the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development by $10.1 billion (28 percent) and the Environmental Protection Agency by $2.6 billion (31 percent). The latter cut would eliminate approximately 3,200 positions, according to the document.
More @ Government Executive
It's a step in the right direction. I'd like to see USAID get zero-ed out. They do nothing for us. It's another cold War program that has lost its usefulness and is now just another wealth transfer from American taxpayers to other people in other countries. Obviously, those people are grateful and show their gratitude with big donations to your favorite charities, like the Clinton Foundation.
ReplyDeleteReally.
DeleteWOW, he better hire a food taster. Big government elitists are sharpening their knives.
ReplyDeleteBadger
He'd be gone in a second if they thought they'd get away with it.
DeleteI am more impressed with Trump every day
ReplyDeleteHe's doing or at least trying to do what he said he would.
DeleteGreat news. CNN spin on this was all the Vets that were going to lose their jobs as a result of these cuts. Like they've all a sudden become concerned with the conditions of veterans.
ReplyDeleteTheir hypocrisy knows no limits.
Delete