In budget, Trump puts military over diplomacy
And he said he doesn’t believe allegations without evidence damage the president’s credibility. Let’s take a look at President Trump’s plans and achievements so far, and how is trying to make America great again.
Ironically, while both groups opposed him during the primary, Mr. McIntosh and Mr. Cuccinelli may both end up being two of President Trump’s most reliable conservative allies. A January report revealed that almost 300,000 new jobs in the construction, mining, and manufacturing fields have been created in Trump’s first month in office. McIntyre explained that the grant process requires a cost-benefit analysis that shows the number of jobs that would be created by projects before they can be approved. ADP Research Institute Vice-President Ahu Yildirmaz was very impressed with these numbers.
On Thursday, the White House released the proposed budget. They argue that global interest rates are now ultra-low, and that an economy that has been dragged through the muck by the Great Recession needs to focus on spending more to help American families catch up – not risk choking off growth through austerity. Further, he will lower the corporate tax rates, which are now one of the highest in the world. One of the new president’s first actions was to introduce a workforce hiring freeze, while the OMB is developing a long-term plan to cut the size of the workforce through attrition.
One can only hope that Congress can find a way – or at least the compassion- to say no to Trump’s absurd and inhuman budget blueprint. We have sufficient military manpower and weaponry to destroy the world many times over.
The city has a backlog of about $17 billion in needed repairs for its aging public housing, but the federal program that funds this work would be jeopardized under President Trump’s budget plan.
Trump’s budget would also eliminate the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and the Community Services Block Grant program to achieve a savings of $4.2 billion. But keep in mind who the president wrote the budget for.
Trump’s budget “is merely offsetting increases in spending and not really doing anything to start paying down the national debt in a meaningful way”, Bogie told TheDCNF.
This 2018 Budget Blueprint will not add to the deficit.
The cutbacks finance significant spending increases at three departments: Defense (up 9 percent), Homeland Security (up 7 percent), and Veterans’ Affairs (up 6 percent).
Sherri McIntyre, the city’s director of public works, said Kansas City would most likely look to the program again as a source of funding for the possible expansion of the street auto, something that has been discussed.
Written by columnist and humourist Alexandra Petri, the opinion piece – it is noted at the top of the article that it is indeed opinion writing – mocks the Trump administration’s budget.
The Trump administration will likely talk more about the real budget busters, like Social Security and Medicare, in the future. The plan would slash a third of the EPA’s budget, eliminating all climate change and clean power programs. On science, we’re going to function – we’re going to focus on the core function. But we have also made necessary investments that are long overdue.