And trump promised American first. He meant he would destroy America first . This was an American first budget. Transparency
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He's a hater of any organization that exists to do some good. Good people will suffer while his supporters don't even care.
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They'll care when they realize they are those people, too.
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I'm staggered at the loss of 3200 jobs at the EPA. Are these jobs worth less than auto workers jobs? Trump WON'T be claiming these!
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Cuts to the State Dpt, by both Dems & Reps, lead to a lack of funds for additional security before the Benghazi incident.
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Cutting the budget even further shows that for all bluster over Benghazi, they never actually cared about protecting our diplomats
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Non-essential and discretionary spending was cut.
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Discretionary spending is the $ allocated by Congress to fund gov operations. State Dpt is less than 1% of that budget.
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Correct. But essential programs, departments, and personnel don't fall under discretionary spending.
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Operating costs & essential personnel are included in the discretionary budget. Emergency funds draw from the remainder.
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You're wrong. Essential isn't affected by govt shutdowns or sequestering. Discretionary spending is fungible.
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A 30% cut to the State Dpt would remove the equivalent of their entire emergency fund. Which is funded by discretionary
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and Mr. Obama clearly had the largest cuts.
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Funny thing about data... Looks like Carter, Clinton & Obama are the only ones that made real cuts over time...
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Budget shift. Let's be direct. It's really a budget shift, not a cut - am I right?? ;)
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