Trump Budget Cuts
Feb 6, 2017 10:51:01 #
How does this go down with you and folks you know?
The Trump team is preparing budget cuts far more radical than anything the Republican party has pushed in the past – starting by taking an axe to "Sesame Street."
Instead of taking on inflated and unnecessary defense spending, Trump is going after funding for Violence Against Women grants, environmental protection, the Paris agreement on c*****e c****e and plans to privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting while completely eliminating the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities. Trump’s proposed $10.5 trillion in cuts is almost double anything Republicans have supported before.2 If the blueprint for his budget is any guide, he will also offer massive tax cuts for corporations and slash the social safety net.
Trump wants to punish poor people to pay for tax breaks for his billionaire buddies. If we are going to expose this agenda to the American people, we need to make sure Democrats stand fiercely united and resist any calls for accommodation from Washington centrists.
When Republicans in the House proposed $5.5 trillion in cuts a few years ago, a handful of conservatives v**ed against them and demanded even more destructive defunding. One of those Republicans, Mick Mulvaney, is Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Key members of Trump’s budget t***sition team used to work at the big business friendly Heritage Foundation, and reports indicate Trump’s scandalous budget proposal, expected in the coming weeks, will be based on these radically conservative blueprints.
Based on that blueprint, the reported Trump proposal would:
Privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Offer a handout to massive corporations
Cut Social Security benefits and raise the retirement age
Privatize Medicare and allow states to undermine Medicaid
Eliminate funding for Violence Against Women grants as well as community policing and legal aid for poorer Americans
Scrap funding for the Paris agreement on c*****e c****e and offices dev**ed to energy efficiency and reducing f****l f**l emissions
Reduce funding for civil rights enforcement and community policing
Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities
Slash food and housing assistance for the impoverished
Repeal common-sense rules on Wall Street banks
Past Republican proposals targeted 62 percent of their cuts at low-income programs – and Trump’s plan looks even worse.
We do not have a spending problem. We have a defense spending problem. We spend more on defense than we do on all other areas, combined. More than half the discretionary budget goes to the military-industrial complex, and the “non-discretionary” budget – things like Social Security – is funded for decades, or longer with small fixes. Trump and his Republican backers are not serious about spending, they are simply declaring war on the poor as an excuse to pass massive tax breaks for their wealthy campaign donors and corporate pals.
Murshed Zaheed, Political Director
CREDO Action from Working Assets
The Trump team is preparing budget cuts far more radical than anything the Republican party has pushed in the past – starting by taking an axe to "Sesame Street."
Instead of taking on inflated and unnecessary defense spending, Trump is going after funding for Violence Against Women grants, environmental protection, the Paris agreement on c*****e c****e and plans to privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting while completely eliminating the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities. Trump’s proposed $10.5 trillion in cuts is almost double anything Republicans have supported before.2 If the blueprint for his budget is any guide, he will also offer massive tax cuts for corporations and slash the social safety net.
Trump wants to punish poor people to pay for tax breaks for his billionaire buddies. If we are going to expose this agenda to the American people, we need to make sure Democrats stand fiercely united and resist any calls for accommodation from Washington centrists.
When Republicans in the House proposed $5.5 trillion in cuts a few years ago, a handful of conservatives v**ed against them and demanded even more destructive defunding. One of those Republicans, Mick Mulvaney, is Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Key members of Trump’s budget t***sition team used to work at the big business friendly Heritage Foundation, and reports indicate Trump’s scandalous budget proposal, expected in the coming weeks, will be based on these radically conservative blueprints.
Based on that blueprint, the reported Trump proposal would:
Privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Offer a handout to massive corporations
Cut Social Security benefits and raise the retirement age
Privatize Medicare and allow states to undermine Medicaid
Eliminate funding for Violence Against Women grants as well as community policing and legal aid for poorer Americans
Scrap funding for the Paris agreement on c*****e c****e and offices dev**ed to energy efficiency and reducing f****l f**l emissions
Reduce funding for civil rights enforcement and community policing
Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities
Slash food and housing assistance for the impoverished
Repeal common-sense rules on Wall Street banks
Past Republican proposals targeted 62 percent of their cuts at low-income programs – and Trump’s plan looks even worse.
We do not have a spending problem. We have a defense spending problem. We spend more on defense than we do on all other areas, combined. More than half the discretionary budget goes to the military-industrial complex, and the “non-discretionary” budget – things like Social Security – is funded for decades, or longer with small fixes. Trump and his Republican backers are not serious about spending, they are simply declaring war on the poor as an excuse to pass massive tax breaks for their wealthy campaign donors and corporate pals.
Murshed Zaheed, Political Director
CREDO Action from Working Assets
Feb 6, 2017 10:55:32 #
Murshed Zaheed...Credo Action....that should be enough!!!!!!!!!!!!! More "progressive" BS
Feb 6, 2017 11:20:54 #
wilpharm wrote:
sure is easier than reading all those words... I confess I rarely read these long diatribes, either... just post the link, save our scrolling wheels!Murshed Zaheed...Credo Action....that should be enough!!!!!!!!!!!!! More "progressive" BS
Feb 6, 2017 12:23:37 #
Feb 6, 2017 17:34:48 #
Yes, spending gets cut and you are okay with who gets hurt. What makes you think your taxes will go down.
jim quist wrote:
Government is cutting spending...good
Feb 6, 2017 17:39:02 #
John_F wrote:
our taxes go almost entirely to servicing our debt, so until we have budget underruns (never) our taxes will keep going up with the economy.Yes, spending gets cut and you are okay with who gets hurt. What makes you think your taxes will go down.
Feb 6, 2017 18:30:19 #
green wrote:
our taxes go almost entirely to servicing our debt, so until we have budget underruns (never) our taxes will keep going up with the economy.
False. You might want to check your assumptions.
Feb 6, 2017 18:58:16 #
Keenan wrote:
I assumed the guy that said it to me knew what he was talking about... I'm guessing not.False. You might want to check your assumptions.
Feb 6, 2017 19:09:31 #
In 2013, 6% of total federal outlays - $223 Billion - went to making interest payments on the national debt. From: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/10/09/5-facts-about-the-national-debt-what-you-should-know/
Feb 6, 2017 19:15:06 #
green wrote:
I assumed the guy that said it to me knew what he was talking about... I'm guessing not.
Maybe he was using WingNutDaily as a source.
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