Posted on 02/27/2017 5:38:31 PM PST by HarleyLady27
Get ready folks, we are going to hear more parseltongue and fake news catch phrases in the next several weeks and months surrounding the federal budget, it already began today.
As we have discussed numerous times, President Trump is going to propose a $10 trillion spending cut over ten years – or $1 trillion per year. This is entirely reasonable considering the scale and scope of government.
(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...
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I hope a large chunk of a $1T cut comes next year. I don’t trust (not even from President Trump) claims of cuts “later”. And I certainly want cuts of at least $1T a year below this year’s spending and continuing below this year’s level forever.
Cut out an entire department and I’d be really happy. Even if it’s just the NEA
I was thinking, education, UN, EPA, NPR, and half of all the other departments except Military...and the VA...
Wishful thinking. You could cut every single dollar of non-defense, non-DHS discretionary spending; eliminate State, Treasury, Justice, Education, Agriculture, Labor, Commerce, HHS, HUD, Interior, all of them; and you still wouldn't hit $1 trillion in cuts.
your right. You have to cut entitlements.
Which President Trump has said he will not do.
Which President Trump has said he will not do.
A trillion here and a trillion there, pretty soon, you’re talking about real money.
Very good article. The democrats for years have gone out and told people that the evil republicans want to cut, say 2%, of the budget for programs and all the death and destruction it will bring. In reality it is a 2% reduction of the propose INCREASE in the budget. I hope Trump and his team will explain this in layman’s terms.
The government employees unions are behind this method of budgeting as much as anybody. Automatically add a 3% increase in the budget across the board, and that guarantees them wage and benefit increases for their members.
Yep—major, major cuts needed. The government needs to do less with much less too.
Lots of waste to cut out of defense, too, though with targeted increases there.
I think you can. A number of things to consider are: increase in growth will bring in more revenue, cut the waste, make people understand you are cutting the increase in growth of government, not cutting precious programs, and cut to spending on illegals will help not only federal but state budgets.
But if you throw in cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, payments to illegals and cuts to AFDC...you could probably get to $1trillion.
You know, entitlements to people that not everyone believes is entitled.
>But if you throw in cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, payments to illegals and cuts to AFDC...you could probably get to $1trillion.
>You know, entitlements to people that not everyone believes is entitled.
Stopping medicaid fraud alone would save in the order of 100bil.
You failed to mention Wegman’s supermarket and Trump’s wine. The best laid plans went askew once again. DJT and team (us) scored big. It’s a challenge to stop a train once it’s in motion. Tomorrow evening will certainly be interesting. One face to watch closely - suggest Nan from San Fran. Even with countless Botox injections, she manages some facial expression on occasion. Once bored with her, try lyin’ Ryan.
Agreed. I'd start with the non-"entitlement" discretionary spending and cut deeply there. Then we do need to cut entitlements. I just don't want to start with that fight.
Yes you can. But Trump has ruled out cuts in those areas.
Smoke and mirrors. There hasn't been a single president who hasn't depended on growth to make up for lost revenue or who hasn't promised to cut waste, fraud, and abuse. And yet here we are.
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