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Trump releases 2019 budget with $3 trillion in cuts
The Hill ^ | Feb. 12, 2018 | Naomi Jagoda

Posted on 02/12/2018 12:21:49 PM PST by Innovative

President Trump on Monday rolled out a White House budget that includes deep cuts to some federal agencies, an increase in funding for the Pentagon and $18 billion for a wall on the Mexican border.

It includes proposals to cut deficits by more than $3 trillion over a decade and lower debt levels as a percentage of the gross domestic product, but does not balance by doing away with annual deficits.

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


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To: DannyTN

“...Having a budget doesn’t mean he has to spend it all...”

Thank you! This should be obvious but the instantaneous President Trump bashers somehow missed it.

Great post.


41 posted on 02/12/2018 1:06:49 PM PST by stonehouse01
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To: robroys woman

****If you cut the government by $3 trillion, it’s gonna affect the economy, taxes and unemployment rate in a very, very big way.****

The flip side of this is that corporate tax rates have been slashed by about 8 percent. This is affecting the economy in a big way as well. Is President Trump trying to reduce government reach into the economy while bolstering corporate influence?


42 posted on 02/12/2018 1:07:45 PM PST by ResponseAbility (The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: Innovative

3 Trillion in cuts.

Mark Levin is crapping bricks now.


43 posted on 02/12/2018 1:08:05 PM PST by conservative98
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To: Innovative

Check out the 22 agencies and programs President Trump’s budget would eliminate: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373441-the-federal-programs-trump-proposes-cutting-in-2019-budget .

My personal favorites are: the Corporation for Public Broadcasting which includes NPR; the Global Climate Change Initiative; the Legal Services Corporation; the National Endowment for the Arts; and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

I hope POTUS INSISTS on cutting EVERY unconstitutional agency and program he can!


44 posted on 02/12/2018 1:08:49 PM PST by Taxman (Replace the income tax with the FAIRtax and abolish the IRS!)
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To: chuckee
West Virginia supplied the highest plurality of Trumep voters than any state.

Wyoming actually had us beat by a fraction of a percentage point. Yay, Wyoming!!!

He’s toast in the state particularly when Trump comes to campaign for his opponent..

I would very much like to see Trump come out here and support our Republican nominee; if we're at all sane that will be Morrisey. We really need to remove Munchkin; he's a disgrace to the State.

45 posted on 02/12/2018 1:14:17 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: babble-on
"... as Calvin Coolidge has of passing for the MGM Lion..."

Well, maybe it is the quiet lion that never roared?

46 posted on 02/12/2018 1:15:28 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: Strac6

My idea?

Kill the VA and put all vets who qualify on Medicare! Would save billions, create competition, give much higher quality and quicker care.....My Idea? Close. sell, and fire all the people who work in the VA. Give vouchers to local care centers for Vets. Sure the prices will go up because of Gov. interference, but the slush OUGHT to go away Or reduce.


47 posted on 02/12/2018 1:17:32 PM PST by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Innovative

Trump always stated that he likes to come in under budget.


48 posted on 02/12/2018 1:19:23 PM PST by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: Jim 0216

Let’s also eliminate the last vestiges of indentured servitude and debtor’s prison known as Child Support Enforcement Units—which never go after the real deadbeats but go for the low hanging fruit of blue collar white guys and send them into impoverishment for 18-24 years.


49 posted on 02/12/2018 1:31:12 PM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: montag813

Because having an unprepared military invites aggression. Peace through strength.


50 posted on 02/12/2018 1:37:05 PM PST by DarthVader ("The biggeest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: robroys woman

Except that those payrolls are paid for by either taxes or debt. Government produces little.


51 posted on 02/12/2018 1:40:03 PM PST by redgolum
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To: pstwwl

You say the bill increases spending $400 billion over two years, but what will tax revenues do over those same two years?

GDP is $18.57 trillion

A 3% increase in GDP yields a $557 billion/year increase in GDP, and a proportional increase in tax revenue


52 posted on 02/12/2018 1:42:00 PM PST by sdthree
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To: Safetgiver
Kill the VA and put all vets who qualify on Medicare!

That would shift the much of the cost taking care of our vets from the Federal to the States. States with more vets would be impacted more, so this would disproportionally impact Southern (mostly Republican) states.

53 posted on 02/12/2018 1:43:48 PM PST by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: DannyTN

You must be new. You’re sensible.


54 posted on 02/12/2018 1:45:38 PM PST by Bookshelf
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To: Innovative
cut deficits by more than $3 trillion over a decade

This is a great start... I doubt it will end up with any cuts by the time it's approved, but at least he presented a tiny start of what SHOULD happen.
55 posted on 02/12/2018 1:46:42 PM PST by TexasGunLover ("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
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To: Innovative

Real cuts or cuts in increases?


56 posted on 02/12/2018 1:51:50 PM PST by redgolum
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To: Strac6

My friend died in the VA care 20 years ago. Just saying.


57 posted on 02/12/2018 1:56:16 PM PST by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. Podesta the molest)
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To: qaz123

A roaring economy will easily absorb millions of laid off government workers.


59 posted on 02/12/2018 2:03:46 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Innovative

Related:

What’s in the White House Budget Request?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/us/politics/trump-budget-request.html


60 posted on 02/12/2018 2:10:46 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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