Here Are The 66 Programs Eliminated In Trump's Budget

The Hill ^ | 5-24-22017 | Niv Elis

[blam]

President Trump's fiscal 2018 budget proposal would completely eliminate 66 federal programs, for a savings of $26.7 billion.

Some of the programs would receive funding for 2018 as part of a phasing-out plan.

Here are the programs the administration wants on the chopping block.

Agriculture Department — $855 million

· McGovern-Dole International Food for Education

· Rural Business-Cooperative Service

· Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account

· Single Family Housing Direct Loans

Commerce Department — $633 million

· Economic Development Administration

· Manufacturing Extension Partnership

· Minority Business Development Agency

· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Grants and Education

Education Department — $4.976 billion

· 21st Century Community Learning Centers

· Comprehensive Literacy Development Grants

· Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants

· Impact Aid Payments for Federal Property

· International Education

· Strengthening Institutions

· Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants

· Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants

· Teacher Quality Partnership

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[dp0622]

I prerequisite for any of these jobs are being able to watch porn 6 hours a day and take a two hour lunch.

[caver]

That’s a start.

[N. Theknow]

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Grants and Education are being cut...

Are these global warming grants?

[Sacajaweau]

States went begging....and the Federal Government rolled over. Put the ball back in the states hands.

School lunch programs is one that really p***** me off. No need for the Feds in this....Michelle made it very apparent that it's a problem and should be a state and local job.

[Theophilus]

Nice. Thanks President Trump. Please cut more!

[Tuxedo]

Good start. Needs to be more - and yes, even from Defense.

[ckilmer]

I did a study of DOE expenses last fall. imho all the carbon sequestration programs should be eliminated but not the research programs. Rather what should happen is that the amount of research for fossil fuels should be increased to meet the amount of research on renewables. The goal of fossil fuel research should be to help the fossil fuel industry reduce costs.

What they want to do now is to reduce the amount of research on renewables to about that of fossil fuels. ... which amounts to almost nothing.

The problem with this is that what will happen is that the USA will get in smaller share of the rising renewable fuel market. Fossil fuels will do just fine without federal research until 6-8 years from now when rising production of electric cars caps demand for oil. While falling prices for solar and wind undercut prices for coal and natural gas. The problem will be that the USA will not be a primary player in the renewable fuel space.

[sickoflibs]

And no doubt not even cut in the budget that he signs into law.

[ckilmer]

I did a study of DOE expenses last fall. imho all the carbon sequestration programs should be eliminated but not the research programs. Rather what should happen is that the amount of research for fossil fuels should be increased to meet the amount of research on renewables. The goal of fossil fuel research should be to help the fossil fuel industry reduce costs.

What they want to do now is to reduce the amount of research on renewables to about that of fossil fuels. ... which amounts to almost nothing.

The problem with this is that what will happen is that the USA will get in smaller share of the rising renewable fuel market. Fossil fuels will do just fine without federal research until 6-8 years from now when rising production of electric cars caps demand for oil. While falling prices for solar and wind undercut prices for coal and natural gas. The problem will be that the USA will not be a primary player in the renewable fuel space.

[mad_as_he$$]

There is a post on FR that says you won’t own a car by 2030.

[napscoordinator]

This is an excellent start. Of course, GOP crying and said “dead on arrival”. Idiots!

[ckilmer]

There is a post on FR that says you won’t own a car by 2030.
..........
May be true. but the number of cars won’t decrease. rather they’ll be electric self driving rentals.

[GailA]

Defense is a HUGE WASTE AND FRAUD program, and a Bring HOME THE BACON from congress critters of both parties.

I’m on our Navy base at least once a week as hubby is Ret. SCPO, and we use the now OVER priced Exchange and Commissary while waiting for our Scripts to be filled. We were DoD MANDATED as Tricare Life to use the base pharmacy or Express Scripts for our daily meds, in 2015 as a trial and in 2016 they made it MANDATORY. Only exception is if base pharmacy is closed, or it’s a ER 1 time script, then you can use a private pharmacy. And believe me the base pharmacy is closed every Fed holiday, and weekends or training days, or change of duty training. It will be closed this Fri and Monday for Memorial day, that is a 4 day closing period, and there is now a 3 hr wait for Script fills, Express Scripts is worse 2 weeks on a first fill and 2 weeks on refills just shoved in your NON secured mail box and NO ID Sign for.

The Exchange roof had a leak, they REMODELED the whole store all by the Pharmacy, which needed to be made Handicap friendly and enlarged. Put in $7K speed bumps in Commissary and Exchange parking lots, speed is 5 mph. And they ticket you if you park the wrong way, much less speed. Saw a lot of useless statues of anchors and other things put in too, just decorations not to honor any one. Why are we doing Rent a Guards for the gates we have Troops that can do that, that are already paid and better trained. Only when on high alert do you see actual Military Police on the gates.

[Buckeye McFrog]

McGovern-Dole

A marriage made in Hell if ever there was one.

[datura]

I’d say more like Siamese twins.

[redfreedom]

“Why are we doing Rent a Guards for the gates we have Troops that can do that, that are already paid and better trained.”

This has gone on DoD wide since the Bill Clinton years when they started reducing numbers of active duty military to the bare bones.

Numerous jobs, such as rent-a-cops, are contract workers. It was explained to me that once a contract is up, there is nothing in the future to pay for. Whereas a career military person will have a pension and medical benefits to pay for long after retirement.

I personally agree with you. A career military person is devoted to the job, is under full control of the commander, and can be moved to another base in a matter of hours.

Another benefit of career military men (at least when I was in) is regardless of military occupational specialty, he can be readily converted to an infantryman. This was the case in Vietnam, where cooks and drivers found themselves on the perimeter with the rest. As a REMF I was on the line plenty. You just cannot take todays contract cook, give her/him a rifle, and send them out to the perimeter.

[lurk]

The budget for 2018 is $4T. $26B is a tiny drop.

[NorthMountain]

That’s a start.

It's a "baby step". Better than nothing ...

[Sequoyah101]

What about the Navajo Hopi Tribal Relocation Commission?

Aren’t they done by now?

Yes, it is a real standing us gubment commission.