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Shrinking the Budget May Not Be As Easy As Trump Thinks
Real Clear Markets ^ | November 21, 2016 | Jeffrey Dorfman

Posted on 11/21/2016 5:06:08 AM PST by expat_panama

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To: expat_panama

Step 1. Go to zero base budgeting


81 posted on 11/21/2016 10:17:08 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (these protestors are not anarchists. They are Hillary Supporting Demoncr)
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To: DoodleDawg

Find it funny you leave out BJ Clinton in your big spender list, or Ford, Nixon and the granddaddy of all the big spenders LBJ.


82 posted on 11/21/2016 10:33:37 AM PST by MNJohnnie (This revolt is not ending, it is merely beginning.- Pat Caddell)
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Find it funny you leave out BJ Clinton in your big spender list, or Ford, Nixon and the granddaddy of all the big spenders LBJ.

And I could have added Carter, Eisenhower, Truman, and Roosevelt as well, but I thought I had made my point when I said you would have to go back to the 1920s to find the last president who actually shrank government. I believe the last president to do so was Coolidge.

83 posted on 11/21/2016 10:40:04 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: expat_panama

Who thinks he knows what Trump is thinking.

Trump never said he thought it would be easy, just that he plans to do it.

This is exactly what we need.


84 posted on 11/21/2016 4:11:21 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Gen.Blather

You gave an excellent starting list in your post.


85 posted on 11/21/2016 4:15:33 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: expat_panama

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Let’s start with withdrawing from the UN.
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86 posted on 11/21/2016 4:16:28 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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The environment is too massive for man to have an effect on it. Lets stop pretending to be God.
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87 posted on 11/21/2016 4:20:26 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: stanne
Truth is going to drive liberals crazy

Liberals are crazy already.. Trump will just make them more crazy. I just watched Don Lemon on CNN. His guests were crazy, and are very angry her highness Hillary lost.

88 posted on 11/21/2016 7:59:48 PM PST by entropy12 (Best Election ever!)
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To: DoodleDawg

This is really good news.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3497129/posts


89 posted on 11/22/2016 5:46:09 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.)
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This is really good news.

He's mentioned that before but included so many loopholes like exclusions for employees working in health and safety, and the military, that it's doubtful that once the increases to the military and the Border Patrol are factored that much of a total headcount reduction would be realized.

90 posted on 11/22/2016 6:05:26 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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