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Trump good. Low taxes. America. Why business politician like? Bring inflation 1.5 trillion Obama.
Refute that!
Yeah, he says a lot of things.
So let me get this straight, the GOP controls all branches of the federal government but they can't cut spending because of legacy budgets?! Um, no. They control the purse strings. Budgeting and spending are two different things. The truth is that spending has increased - not decreased. And it isn't the fault of any "budget".
Quit getting caught up in rhetoric. It means nothing to these people.
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That $1.15 trillion is only "discressionary" spending. It does not include "mandatory" spending like Social Security, Medicare/ Medicaid, interest on the debt. The portions of the budget he has proposed cuts in only account for about 20% of the entire budget. Discressionary spending for FY2017 (Obama) was $1.149 trillion. Trump's proposals call for $1.188 trillion or an actual increase of $39 billion. $3.2 trillion is
including non- discressionary spending. https://www.thebalance.com/how-trump...budget-4128986
And again, that does not include higher expenditures in Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, and Interest on the Debt.
His cuts are figured over ten years- not next year. The cuts are mostly out into the future by which time a new budget would have been written and the proposed cuts forgotten. He does call for cuts in some departments while increasing spending in others. The proposal does not include any of his proposed $1 trillion in new infrastructure spending. It also assumed getting rid of Obamacare but he has been promoting the "replace" bill which negates some of his cuts like Medicaid.
But Congress will write the actual budget- the president can only suggest things. Most of his cuts are probably not going to happen. They are currently passing a higher defense spending bill.
Last edited by Zippyjuan; 07-17-2017 at 12:16 PM.
Wow, all of you COMPLETELY missed the point, which is understandable as most of you have been diagnosed with Trump derangement syndrome, which makes it impossible to think clearly when it comes to debating about anything related to Trump.
Listen. Closely. The same things that will help Trump's business - like lower taxes, less regulations, etc, are the SAME THINGS that help regular business that serve regular people.. as opposed to helping businesses like Lockheed Martin. That was the point of the thread. You coming in and saying how you don't buy things from Trump's businesses are NOT AN ARGUMENT.
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