American Thinker
By Anony Mee
One of President Trump’s goals is to reduce the size and cost of government, a heady and necessary project. The first step is for We the People to return Donald Trump to the Chief Executive’s chair and to give him a Congress that will approve his appointees with alacrity and pass his budget proposal. Time is very short, with the FY-2026 budget submission right around the corner. Only massive, immediate changes will meet the goal. Team Trump should be ready to run on Day One.
It will take at least a year to transition to a tidier government because meeting notification requirements, amending and canceling contracts, working with unions and RIF requirements, planning to consolidate infrastructure, and disposing of excess property will all take time.
The annual federal budget sets the priorities, size, functions, and cost of the government for the fiscal year. Agencies have a deadline to submit their budget proposal to the White House. The White House proposal then goes to the House for consideration. Individual members propose hundreds of amendments, mostly to meet campaign promises to their constituencies. After passage through Congress, the budget is signed into law. more
Rumor is that Ron Paul will join Elon in cutting the fat. Wouldn’t that be wonderful!
crt/dei/dindu/fag/illegal/muslim/transit shi-ite, ur first to go
sorry state when the executive branch proposes to do the job of the house. hope it sticks, i know ron paul has been sounding the fiscal alarm for years. huge problem solver when the carpet baggers have no home.
We haven’t had a budget in well over a decade. We have a ‘continuing resolution ‘ that somehow grows larger every time it is continued.
@Lowell — We haven’t had a “budget” in well over a decade, and we haven’t had a real budget in my lifetime (b. 1949).
The bureaucunts have long been masters of the Hide The Money game. That will be an enormous obstacle to Musk’s (and I hope Paul’s) work. I hope right off the bat we see a serious effort to force govt agencies to something even a little bit like GAAP. And dare we hope for zero-base budgeting?
AND NO MORE “BLACK” FUNDING!
Oh. Sorry for the crude language. I should have said “bureautwats”.