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Title: Trump Budget Would Slash Domestic Spending, Boost Military Spending
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Anti-War
URL Source: https://news.antiwar.com/2019/03/08 ... nding-boost-military-spending/
Published: Mar 11, 2019
Author: Jason Ditz
Post Date: 2019-03-11 09:46:38 by Deckard
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Views: 3681
Comments: 34
On Monday, President Trump will officially propose his new budget plan, which calls for major cuts in domestic spending across the board, but which also seeks a large further increase in military spending, above and beyond the increases already planned. That money will be going into the US military, already the costliest military on the planet by far. The US military budget is so vast as it is, that it is larger than the next several countries combined, and it has already grown substantially in the last two years, while the other comparatively large spenders are trying to make cuts to the military to get their budgets in line. Poster Comment: So - where is his promise to fix up the infrastructure? The budget proposal also ditches the Republicans’ goal of a 10-year time-frame for a balanced budget. Attaboy!!
Exact figures aren’t clear at this point, but what is clear is that the general direction of this budget is going to face major opposition within the House of Representatives, not just from the Democratic leadership, but from some Republicans as well.
It’s not just the heavily military-centric priorities that will fuel the opposition, though clearly that is part of it. The budget proposal also ditches the Republicans’ goal of a 10-year time-frame for a balanced budget.
Instead of a 10-year balancing, the new proposal envisions a 15-year time. Even that is based on projections of large economic growth that most economists say are not realistic, and potentially not even possible.
Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) says that the plan is a “non-starter,” and that the House leadership has no plans to include the domestic spending cuts in their own plan, and effectively are going to disregard Trump’s proposal.
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#2. To: Deckard (#0)
Eliminate most and slash what's left to the very bone! Get rid of EPA, Education, FED, TSA and most of what comprises the central socialist government. Overhaul tenure of Congress....the president is limited to two four year terms. Overhaul the money they can spend on a bloated staff and perks. Eliminate pensions for thes assholes.
#3. To: IbJensen (#2)
Get rid of EPA, Education, FED, TSA and most of what comprises the central socialist government. Overhaul tenure of Congress... Yup. All worthy "re-calibrations" to a Gummint Gone Wild. Add to your list the Hollywood production, better known as "NASA". Nice dream. BUT... The Authoritarian-fascist Frankenstein model of America's constiutional republic was last seen crashing through the corridors of DC. Globalist Elites have not only created their Franken-Gummint, but are not about to abandon their Wedding Plans to The Beast. Nor will they self short-circuit and abort any of their operation. Their One Wirld Gummint is close to giving birth to Rosemary's Baby. Can you sense it?
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