- The budget proposal relies on rosy economic projections and fanciful claims of future cuts to domestic programs to show that it is possible to bend the deficit curve in the right direction.
- Trump and key administration figures such as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had promised that Trump’s signature cuts to corporate and individual tax rates would pay for themselves; instead the deficit spiked by more than $300 billion over 2017 to 2019, falling just short of $1 trillion. Part of it is eye-popping levels for defense, about $750 billion this year, and comparable gains for domestic programs favored by Democrats.
- In this year’s budget release, Trump has revealed initiatives of interest to key 2020 battleground states, such as an increase to $250 million to restore Florida’s Everglades and a move to finally abandon a multibillion-dollar, never used, nuclear waste dump that’s political poison in Nevada. The White House also leaked word of a $25 billion proposal for “Revitalizing Rural America” with grants for broadband Internet access and other traditional infrastructure projects such as roads and bridges.
- The Trump budget also promises a $3 billion increase—to $25 billion—for NASA in hopes of returning astronauts to the moon and on to Mars. It also is likely to reprise his small-bore infrastructure initiative while proposing a modest parental leave plan.
- Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to promise voters that his budget “will not be touching your Social Security or Medicare” in keeping with his longstanding 2016 campaign promise.
- The reality is that no one—Trump, the Democratic-controlled House, or the GOP-held Senate—has any interest in tackling a chronic budget gap that forces the government to borrow 22 cents of every dollar it spends.
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The House sets the budget. If they don’t like Trump’s proposal, they can reject it and come up their own plan. They can even shut down the government if they really want to. Or they can start working on another impeachment.
What do you do, Nancy? You can’t just rip up Trump’s budget and storm away.
I agree, AP. The deficit is ridiculously high. How about we get rid of all foreign aid..ALL OF IT, and stop all tax payer funding to illegal immigrants for schools, healthcare, food, shelter, public defenders, etc. Cure all? Nope, but a good start.
If the AP and the MSM are against it that tells me it’s a good plan.
when obama was spending more we didn’t hear any of this complaining
how come ?
PROGRAMS HERE!! PROGRAMS HERE!!
Gitcher programs here!
Can’t tell a democrat from a reporter… Programs here!
Meanwhile President Trump is proposing budget cuts.
I’ll stick the The Donald thank yew very much!
Now let’s hear a complaint about the 2020 dems’ proposals.
BTW, I think they’re more upset about Trump ending gov. departments and programs this time around.
Of course they are. Everyone knows that when you cut a single dollar of government spending, “people will die”.
I’d feel much better if his proposal included bailing out GM, propping up Solyndra, or at least some shovel ready jobs. All viable endeavors.
Pull our troops from shitholistan and use them to guard the southern border until the big beautiful wall is completely up.
That should save a couple trillion.
AP is in the business of reporting, NOT Value judgements. Maybe they should go out of business.
Why do the ass pickers complain about everything?