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Trump says each Cabinet secretary should slash 5% of their budgets after he pledges to cut spending
CNBC ^

Posted on 10/17/2018 10:14:32 AM PDT by BenLurkin

"We're going to be asking for a 5 percent cut from every secretary today," Trump told reporters at the White House in advance of a meeting with those secretaries.

The proposal comes days after the Trump administration announced a $779 billion budget deficit for fiscal year 2018 — a six-year high and a 17 percent jump from the prior period.

"He's asking them to cut the fraud, the waste, the abuse," White House senior advisor Kellyanne Conway said on Fox Business News. "Cut the fat, not the essentials." Trump had said in an earlier interview on the network that "We're going to cut spending, absolutely."

"It's not as tough as you think, and frankly there's a lot of fat in there," Trump added, while noting that "we had to get the military done last time." Trump signed a $716 billion defense spending bill into law in August.

The president did not mention any specific area of government spending he planned to examine for cuts. But he also said during the interview that his administration will "continue with the tax cuts, because we have other tax cuts planned."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News
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To: BenLurkin

Only 5%? He should go with Ten per cent across the board, They are all so overpaid already, compared with America’s hard workers.


41 posted on 10/17/2018 2:06:20 PM PDT by miserare ( Indict Hillary!)
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To: Snickering Hound

Bullshit!


42 posted on 10/17/2018 2:07:46 PM PDT by miserare ( Indict Hillary!)
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To: BenLurkin

All Trump had to do was a sneak claw-back of unspent EOY funds. He would have gotten anywhere from 5-9% from every cabinet painlessly.


43 posted on 10/17/2018 3:38:38 PM PDT by StAnDeliver ("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
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To: aimhigh

“I don’t like across the board percentage cuts. They are gutless. Trump needs to eliminate useless programs.”

Trump is NOT a micro-manager. He picks good people, provides them with guidance and expects them to accomplish his goals. If they are unable or unwilling to do so, he can always resort to his trademark,

“You’re FIRED!”


44 posted on 10/17/2018 3:44:02 PM PDT by BwanaNdege
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To: BenLurkin
Lets just eliminate some.

U.S. Department of Education

45 posted on 10/17/2018 6:53:01 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: ExTxMarine

I have heard exactly the same darn thing.

Irresponsible by the Marines.


46 posted on 10/17/2018 7:14:43 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: All

Amazing start.


47 posted on 10/17/2018 8:22:01 PM PDT by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam ; Dems may change USAgov completely, just amend USConstitution)
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To: SERKIT

25% cut isn’t enough


48 posted on 10/17/2018 8:33:40 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Republicans - GROW A PAIR)
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To: Fledermaus

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time

CD


49 posted on 10/17/2018 9:48:39 PM PDT by Coffee_drinker (Drain The Swamp.)
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To: BenLurkin

America’s little socialist experiment is hitting the wall. The perfect storm will take it out like Michael took out Mexico Beach.

You can either be a “global superpower” or you can have a “welfare state” but you cannot have both.

America has tried to be both but the crush of welfare recipient immigrants, the growing social decay, and the slowing workforce will cause one or both to eventually be cut.


50 posted on 10/18/2018 12:26:38 AM PDT by Vaden (First they came for the Confederates... Next they came for Washington... Then they came...)
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To: BenLurkin

Start with employees.

Poor or marginally performing

Affirmative Action positions. No one needs a “diversity” officer


51 posted on 10/18/2018 7:09:11 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Mods/Indies/Dems/Non-voters" Are the CRAZY DIMS REALLY who you'd want BACK in POWER?)
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To: Snickering Hound

Good one.


52 posted on 10/18/2018 7:13:47 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: aimhigh
I don’t like across the board percentage cuts. They are gutless.

Why does anything they have to do always cost more? Why do wages always have to go up? Why do prices always have to go up?

53 posted on 10/18/2018 11:46:09 AM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: stylin19a

“I wonder if any of them had seen the movie ‘Dave’. Too simplistic ?”

Probably. It made too much sense. (Loved that movie.)


54 posted on 10/18/2018 11:49:18 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Do not discount anything in which Donald Trump is involved." - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: mdittmar
U.S. Department of Education

The promise that Reagan didn't keep. He did kill the double nickel speed limit.

From 1950 to 1956 I know for a fact that fast food prices did not go up. I wasn't into Houses and Cars but Hamburgers an Sodas and French Fries absolutely stayed the same price. I had the same 25 cent daily lunch allowance for all of those years, burgers were a dime French fries were a dime and soda was a nickel.

I remember when they installed 1 cent changers to soda machines when they raised the price of a Coke to 6 cents.

Cities only have to get bigger to finance the crooked government that people elect, same at the federal level.

Everything does not have to get bigger and more expensive to be better. Only reason it has to is to finance the Fed because we will always owe more than the amount of money in circulation because every dollar issued comes interest bearing.

55 posted on 10/18/2018 12:09:29 PM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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