Krugminator2
01-19-2017, 04:08 PM
The transition team for President-elect Donald Trump has been quietly putting together an aggressive budget over the last couple months that reportedly features massive cuts to federal agencies that have long been criticized by conservatives as examples of frivolous government spending. The budget team for Trump’s transition effort has been headed by two longtime conservative spending hawks — Russ Vought, who has a reputation for ruffling moderate Republican feathers during his time at the conservative Heritage Foundation, and John Gray, a former staffer for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
According to The Hill (http://thehill.com/policy/finance/314991-trump-team-prepares-dramatic-cuts), the budget in question includes provisions that have long been on conservative wish lists, including privatization of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and major cuts to federal programs, especially in the departments of Commerce and Energy. The estimated total reduction in spending for the proposed budget is expected to top $10 trillion over 10 years.http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/19/trump-transition-team-preparing-budget-featuring-massive-federal-spending-cuts/
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/314991-trump-team-prepares-dramatic-cuts
I will believe these cuts when I see them. I did notice a few weeks back Rand's staffer John Gray met with Trump. Gray was the person who drew up Rand's original budgets.
It is pretty interesting choice to have Mulvaney as budget director and couple of hardcore staffers drawing up Trump's budget. I wonder who in Trump's orbit is putting these people on his staff.
According to The Hill (http://thehill.com/policy/finance/314991-trump-team-prepares-dramatic-cuts), the budget in question includes provisions that have long been on conservative wish lists, including privatization of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and major cuts to federal programs, especially in the departments of Commerce and Energy. The estimated total reduction in spending for the proposed budget is expected to top $10 trillion over 10 years.http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/01/19/trump-transition-team-preparing-budget-featuring-massive-federal-spending-cuts/
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/314991-trump-team-prepares-dramatic-cuts
I will believe these cuts when I see them. I did notice a few weeks back Rand's staffer John Gray met with Trump. Gray was the person who drew up Rand's original budgets.
It is pretty interesting choice to have Mulvaney as budget director and couple of hardcore staffers drawing up Trump's budget. I wonder who in Trump's orbit is putting these people on his staff.