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Black lawmakers offer alternative to Trump's 'America First' budget
The Charlotte Post ^ | March 16, 2017 | Herbert L. White

Posted on 03/16/2017 5:25:53 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

African-American lawmakers aren’t pleased with President Donald Trump’s “America First” budget.

The Congressional Black Caucus, which released its alternative spending plan for fiscal year 2018, contends Trump’s $1.1 trillion wish list, which calls for a $54 billion increase for defense and cuts nearly everywhere else, will hurt middle- and lower-income Americans and stymie economic growth. CBC leaders ripped Trump’s budget for putting tax breaks for the rich ahead of helping the poor.

“President Trump calls his proposal the ‘America First’ budget,” said U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), “but this plan puts many Americans last.”

Ultimately, Congress is responsible for deciding where federal money is spent.

(Excerpt) Read more at thecharlottepost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: budget; cbc; economy; trump
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1 posted on 03/16/2017 5:25:53 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Here we go again——it’s all about them.

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2 posted on 03/16/2017 5:29:02 PM PDT by Mears
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Does their budget involve trips to any payday loan establishments by any chance?


3 posted on 03/16/2017 5:30:28 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

You mean..their obama phones will be shutoff?


4 posted on 03/16/2017 5:31:03 PM PDT by South Dakota (We need a real independent investigation of Bill/Hillary and Obama's actions)
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To: South Dakota

They have been paid reparations now for 52 years. It is time to stop this and all should pay their fair share.


5 posted on 03/16/2017 5:35:04 PM PDT by Herman Ball
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To: South Dakota

They have been paid reparations now for 52 years. It is time to stop this and all should pay their fair share.


6 posted on 03/16/2017 5:35:11 PM PDT by Herman Ball
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To: South Dakota

They have been paid reparations now for 52 years. It is time to stop this and all should pay their fair share.


7 posted on 03/16/2017 5:35:12 PM PDT by Herman Ball
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To: Herman Ball

Take from Defense. Insure their jobs. They will support the status quo.


8 posted on 03/16/2017 5:41:29 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

What are their values, other than race? The cbc is a racist organization.


9 posted on 03/16/2017 5:42:01 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

...if race could be considered a “value”.


10 posted on 03/16/2017 5:43:10 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I can imagine what their budget will be:
One trillion dollars to the bros and
one tenth trillion dollars for everything else.


11 posted on 03/16/2017 5:43:50 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Screw them.


12 posted on 03/16/2017 5:44:58 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. - Clint Eastwood)
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To: Herman Ball

Redundantly, redundant,


13 posted on 03/16/2017 5:50:02 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Too much spent to keep the country safe. Instead, we want more free stuff.


14 posted on 03/16/2017 5:51:06 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

leeches should come last


15 posted on 03/16/2017 6:25:25 PM PDT by hecht (america 9/11, Israel 24/7)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

This is the kind of thinking turned out by the government education system that teaches divisiveness and greivance politics and then graduates students without teaching them how to do basic math, think logically or make judgments based on facts.


16 posted on 03/16/2017 6:30:14 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler ("Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory." --Miguel de Cervantes)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Sorry BLMers, your guy is away from America having a great time, and he is no longer president.

Elections have consequences.

Stop voting for and backing losers.


17 posted on 03/16/2017 6:35:12 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Remember during Trump Tower Spygate, there were No American fingerprints; just Obama's...!!!!:))
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“but this plan puts many Americans last.”

No matter what budget plan one puts forth, that plan will put many Americans last.

18 posted on 03/16/2017 7:30:39 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Minorities and children of minorities hardest hit


19 posted on 03/16/2017 8:25:05 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: Mears

“Me First” budget


20 posted on 03/16/2017 8:40:03 PM PDT by Crucial
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