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Donald Trump Vows to Slash Funding for Education, EPA
Wall Street Journal via MSN ^ | 1/11/16 | Heather Haddon

Posted on 01/12/2016 2:30:07 AM PST by Libloather

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To: Cobra64

I’d lower that limit to 1776. Then compare vs. Constitution and ZERO-out all not found in A1S8.

All properties that are not forts, postal roads revert back to the State from which they reside...

The States are already ‘empowered’, so even less for Congress to worry with.

THEN we can start figuring what the People owe in taxes for the TRUE cost of govt.


41 posted on 01/12/2016 5:50:47 AM PST by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: Justa

...and any Congress critter that floats the idea of abdicating their responsibilities should be immediately removed from office (no bennies, which there shouldn’t be to begin, do not pass GO, do NOT collect $200).


42 posted on 01/12/2016 5:53:39 AM PST by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: Popman
Someone with cajones can just not spend the money. Remember, Congress only authorizes and appropriates the $ but Congress cannot force agencies to spend. Nixon, with huge Dem opposition, tried to sequester the funds. But a strong exec can demand that an agency operate on 79% or less of its budget.

So, next funding cycle this agency has 30% unused money: do you think Congress is going to re-vote full funding again? I don't.

43 posted on 01/12/2016 6:21:26 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Libloather

This is one of the only identifiably conservative (as opposed to populist) positions I’ve seen from Trump.

Interesting.


44 posted on 01/12/2016 6:42:05 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Rubio not voting on OmniSpend is RINO for 'smart'.)
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To: Libloather

Another reason he is gaining popularity - of course the ED dept and EPA should be defunded.


45 posted on 01/12/2016 6:43:52 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: sushiman

HUD needs to be dissolved. The Inspector General announced late in 2015 that the records there ‘were in a shambles’. He stated that he could NOT account for over $210 BILLION of a budget of about $460 BILLION.

I am a life long bookkeeper-—I never had client books out of balance or didn’t have receipts for every single penny spent.

This is TAXPAYER money, people, and the Inspector General for HUD said he got no help from those employees.


46 posted on 01/12/2016 8:28:21 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Tzfat
Trump doesn't have to stay in a Holiday Inn Express. He builds his own apartments and hotels.

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Every morning, he wakes up and sees this:

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47 posted on 01/12/2016 9:02:13 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore)
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To: Libloather

I trust Trump to do it right.

He will evaluate what those agencies are doing and quickly size up if they are adding value or not, or if it belongs at a more local level.


48 posted on 01/12/2016 3:27:42 PM PST by DannyTN
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