USA PROPOSED BUDGET RELEASED .... TRUTH IS IN BUDGET NUMBERS

Forget politics liberal or conservative. Forget that you are Republican or Democrat.  Be an American and follow the money. See where this government plans to spend your tax dollars.

Here is the proposed budget, the gift to Americans,  a firm written budget, devised by our elected officials living in the White House.

Simply and without emotion, look at economic facts. Budgets tell us in graphic terms which promises will be kept and which will not. See the reality of which things this government leadership actually intends to spend our tax dollars on. It is a cut to the truth, not tweets.  So here it is America. 

It appears by the sectors, that the people to be hurt most are in the heartland areas from Texas to Iowa, Montana, the Midwest, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and the South including Missouri, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida. The new proposed budget shows a shift from supporting towns, schools, hospitals, farmers, highways, bridges, education, clean air and water to funding wars, "the wall" and vast destruction of local city and state budgets. Here you can actually see in real dollars the difference between political rhetoric and financial fact!  TRUTH NOT TWEETS.

Look at the numbers and you decide. Is this how you wish your tax dollars spent?

Follow the money trail, fellow Americans and you see the essence of this government.

Losers: 
Farmers, agriculture:  Trump's proposed budget cuts farm program funding by 21 percent -- a huge hit to farmers, many of whom cannot survive without government programs. We will see acceleration in bankruptcies of farmers, and national production will decline, bringing higher food and commodity prices.

States:  Many states already operate on a razor-thin finances, and the budget slashes funding which will destroy state and local projects.  Some states which already are struggling will either file bankruptcy and default on loans or significantly raise taxes or both.

Infrastructure, bridges, highways: Cracking, crumbling bridges throughout the nation will not be repaired. Pot-holed highway repair have been cut from the Trump budget. Local towns, cites and states for which which federal support is also being slashed will have to raise taxes and try to fix their own infrastructures. Some cities get as much as 28 percent of their budgets from federal funds. Those funds will disappear. Cities such as Chicago or Ft. Worth, Detroit or Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and Dearborn, Mich. will discover huge shortfalls in their budgets. They will see less maintenance, elimination of new road projects and much higher taxes.

EPA:  Environmental laws to protect clean water, clean air, clean food and to monitor abuses by dirty industry practices will be eliminated. Expect more death and disease, especially in our most vulnerable sector, young children.

Education: Funding for schools is being slashed. Scholarships, student loans and aid programs are being cut. Programs for teachers, students and schools are being curtailed.

Health: Funding for health, hospitals and medical programs are being cut. Expect to see more hospital closings and quality of healthcare under pressure. Seven-12 percent of doctors are quitting every year. $12 billion is cut for health issues. 

Arts and Humanities: Support for NPR, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Public TV is being eliminated. Museums, school and college programs, funding for creative music, plays, and essential creative programs are to be eliminated.

Justice Department:  The budget actually cuts $4 billion from the Justice Department, just when the nation needs more justice and legal help.  The budget for encouraging new business and economic growth are to be cut by 16 percent,  $1.5 billion.

Legal Services Aid: Eliminated

 

The above do not mention cuts or changes in Medicare, Medicaid and pending motions to change Social Security.  

Where is the money going to be spent instead? 

1. $4.4 billion more for Homeland Security ($5 billion to $20 billion or more to build a wall is not included in the budget) much of this spent on tighter immigration and shipping Mexicans home.
2. $574 billion  is the total for military spending for wars in the Middle East, and increase of over $52,000,000,000.
3. $4.4 billion  for veterans (perhaps the Veteran's Hospital fiasco can be fixed, but that is not itemized in the budget, another unknown)

 

Here are more details,  facts:

 

Discretionary spending, in billions

Agency	2017 baseline	2018 proposal	Change	Pct. change
Environmental Protection Agency	$8.2	$5.7	–$2.6	–31%
State and other development programs	38.0	27.1	–10.9	–29%
Agriculture	22.6	17.9	–4.7	–21%
Labor	12.2	9.6	–2.5	–21%
Justice	20.3	16.2	–4.0	–20%
Health and Human Services	77.7	65.1	–12.6	–16%
Commerce	9.2	7.8	–1.5	–16%
Education	68.2	59.0	–9.2	–14%
Transportation	18.6	16.2	–2.4	–13%
Housing and Urban Development	36.0	31.7	–4.3	–12%
Interior	13.2	11.6	–1.5	–12%
Energy	29.7	28.0	–1.7	–6%
Treasury	11.7	11.2	–0.5	–4%
NASA	19.2	19.1	–0.2	–1%
Veterans Affairs	74.5	78.9	+4.4	+6%
Homeland Security	41.3	44.1	+2.8	+7%
Defense	521.7	574.0	+52.3	+10%

Note: Totals are shown for fiscal years, which begin in October. They reflect base budget levels for each department, which do not include supplemental money for disaster relief, emergencies or additional war spending. They do include offsetting receipts and proposed changes in mandatory programs (CHIMPS) that are used to offset discretionary spending.

The proposal would also eliminate funding for nearly 20 smaller independent agencies, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Legal Services Corporation, which finances legal aid groups.