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Trump says each Cabinet secretary should slash 5% of their budgets after he pledges to cut spending
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Posted on 10/17/2018 10:14:32 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:14:32 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
So the 7% base-line budget “slashed” by 5% equals a modest 2% increase?
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:16:17 AM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: BenLurkin
It’s a start. When’s the last time ANY president has suggested a cut?
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:17:38 AM PDT
by
abb
("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
To: BenLurkin
I wonder if any of them had seen the movie “Dave”. Too simplistic ?
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:18:14 AM PDT
by
stylin19a
( Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
To: SERKIT
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:20:20 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: abb
My sense is that a cabinet secretary doesn’t have to spend the money. The POTUS executes what the Congress approves in the way he chooses, so far as I know. IF they get to the end of the year with 5% left in their accounts, and then the next year they end up with another 5%, then what?
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:21:55 AM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
To: xzins
Put it on the debt as far as it will go?
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:23:24 AM PDT
by
abb
("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
To: xzins
To: BenLurkin
I don’t like across the board percentage cuts. They are gutless. Trump needs to eliminate useless programs.
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:27:39 AM PDT
by
aimhigh
(1 John 3:23 "And THIS is His commandment . . . ")
To: BenLurkin
Just remove the Diversity Departments from HR. Problem solved.
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:29:33 AM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
To: BenLurkin
How about zero-based budgeting? This idea that you take what you asked for last FY and bump it up X% is BS. It means that waste is never curtailed. A private enterprise would never survive “budgeting” like the government does. The government needs to have a “bottom line” too, not give us what we think we need.
To: abb
That’s what I would do, but I think Congress would have to authorize it. I guess they just turn it back over to the treasury
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:31:40 AM PDT
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xzins
(Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
To: BenLurkin
Some cabinets, yes. The EPA: 98% The DoEd: 98% The State Dept: 75% (except for embassy/consulate security).
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:32:00 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: abb; xzins
Many presidents have impounded small amounts by issuing an EO to the Treasury Dept instructing them to not transfer the funds into the agencies.
But Nixon did it to 4% of the budget so Congress sued him and won, so presidents don't have the authority
Do an internet search of Impoundment
To: BenLurkin
I predict this is the last we hear about this idea.
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:42:57 AM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(Stop The Madness. Do Not Respond To Vanity Posts.)
To: BenLurkin
Dems already whining about chaos and damage to programs
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:51:33 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
To: bigbob
Women and children hardest hit.
To: abb
Reagan was the only one to accomplish. Took both terms but he did it I think for all but one.........
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