Trump budget would cut $4.4T in spending, boosting defense while slashing safety nets, foreign aid

FNC ^ | 2/9/2020 | Gregg Re

[Boomer]

The White House on Sunday unveiled a $4.8 trillion budget proposal that would slash spending dramatically on foreign aid and social safety nets, while including $2 billion for a southern border wall and substantially boosting funding to NASA, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Homeland Security.

[Boomer]

This should be interesting.

Posted earlier with link to WSJ but that's a pay site so I'm posting this for those without a subscription to the WSJ.

[Albion Wilde]

And the problem is?

[Alberta's Child]

These reports are silly. I’m kind of surprised anyone in the media even pays any mind to them. The President can propose whatever budget he wants, but he has absolutely no control over what passes in Congress.

[DannyTN]

The federal budget for the 2019 fiscal year is at $4.407 trillion."

So it's really going up 10%.

[Savage Beast]

Excellent! A debtor nation should not be dispensing foreign aid in the first place.

[Williams]

I’m very shocked if Trump would propose cutting Medicare or anything like it this year.

[griswold3]

same ol, same ol.
Decreasing the increase is always called a “cut”

[thinden]

“Cut” is a word that hasn’t been heard in DC budget talks in ?????? Long time

When was last? Newt that even tried??

[SunkenCiv]

...while including $2 billion for a southern border wall and substantially boosting funding to NASA, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Homeland Security.

The so-called safety net can and should be cut when the economy's boomin' like this.

[dblshot]

DOA. I don’t know why the executive even sends a budget to congress unless it’s a campaign ploy.

[huckfillary]

He can veto the spending bills, but has not. He can’t afford to completely alienate the GOPe. His campaign promise to slash federal spending by 18% was a big lie. And he knew it.

[backwoods-engineer]

Trump’s budget is a dead letter while the Demonrats, and especially while Rip-it Nancy holds the Speakership. November is coming.

[backwoods-engineer]

Trump's budget is a dead letter while the Demonrats hold Congress, and especially while Rip-it Nancy holds the Speakership. November is coming.

(Sorry, FRiends, I'm tired.)

[Alberta's Child]

There is no political pressure from anyone to cut Federal spending by one penny — let alone 18%.

[preacher]

L8r

[NTHockey]

Title is F*d up. It’s not cutting $4.4T (although that might be good for starters); it’s a $4.8T proposal.

[TLI]

Heard on the radio today it cuts EPA by 25%.

HAHAHAHAHA!

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[butlerweave]

foreign aid = the Dems slush fund

[genghis]

T the great clearly goat

[UnwashedPeasant]

With the best economy ever, now is the perfect time for 95% of federal “workers” to become unemployed.