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To: LucyT

Trump Targets 3 Agencies With Ambitious Budget Cuts
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http://dailysignal.com/2017/01/23/trump-targets-three-agencies-with-ambitious-budget-cuts/

1/23/2017, 11:33:45 AM • by Perseverando • 79 replies
The Daily Signal ^ | January 23, 2017 | Thomas Pippen
President Donald Trump’s reported plan to gut federal spending by $10.5 trillion over the next decade includes eliminating three of iconic agencies defended as cultural mainstays by many Democrats. The next administration is working on plans to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Hill reported Thursday. Combined, the three departments cost around $741 million in 2016, and is a small part of a host of budget reforms needed to cut more than a trillion a year from the federal budget. Eliminating funding to the Corporation...


11 posted on 01/24/2017 6:28:18 AM PST by Whenifhow
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To: Whenifhow; LucyT; All

“three of iconic agencies defended as cultural mainstays by many Democrats.”

Uh sorry....the federal government is NOT in the “cultural mainstay” business. It is to protect the citizens of the USA.


18 posted on 01/24/2017 8:18:42 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Whenifhow

A great start!


27 posted on 01/24/2017 8:57:58 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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