Add 54 billion to the military, cut taxes, what is left? The Arts, Humanities and Science President Trump made good on a long-time conservative goal in his first proposed budget Thursday morning, trading a 54 billion dollar increase in defense spending for draconian cuts to the Corporation for[...]
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February 6th, 2017 - 12:07 am § in Donald Trump, Schools & Colleges
What Trump Budget Cuts Mean For the University
(Based on material in The Hill) The the so-called skinny budget means dramatic changes that affect academics. Russ Vought, a former aide to Vice President-elect Mike Pence and John Gray, who previously worked for Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) are writing the new budget, Their document is expect[...]
September 26th, 2016 - 7:18 am § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: How much does the average federal tax payer pay for the US defence budget
$523 $1213 $2101 $4321 $8,841[...]
March 8th, 2016 - 8:29 pm § in Politics
This chart shows how Obama starved the defense budget
Oops. Guess that argument won’t fly … [...]
February 12th, 2016 - 12:12 pm § in Misc.
How GOP budget cut may risk the life of a presidential candidate
Crowded Presidential Race Could Strain Secret Service Budget By Ryan McCrimmon | 11 a.m. Al Drago/CQ Roll Call The 2016 presidential race could pose a bigger challenge than usual for the agency in charge of guarding candidates vying for their party’s nomination[...]
December 24th, 2015 - 6:09 pm § in Misc.
Tehran hostages to get millions under budget deal
In 1979, Iran seized 53 U.S. citizens and held them hostage for 444 days. Under the deal for their release, they were barred from suing Iran for damages in U.S. courts; and the U.S. government has never compensated them for their ordeal. Until now. The budget deal passed by Congress last week includ[...]
June 9th, 2015 - 7:20 am § in Uncategorized
Rubio can’t balance a checkbook, much less the federal budget
GOP senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio’s inability to manage his personal finances apparently has been a widely-known secret among Republican Party insiders for a long time, but now the media are picking up the story. A piece on CNBC today, which you can read here, slams Rubio̵[...]
April 16th, 2015 - 3:10 pm § in Politics
The Washington State Budget: Democrats vs. Republicans
Graphic from Sen. Maralyn Chase’s newsletter (click on image to enlarge) [...]
March 16th, 2015 - 10:08 am § in Politics
The coming federal budget fight
This spring and summer, Congress must wrestle again with issues of military and entitlement spending, deficits, austerity, sequesters, debt ceiling, government shutdown and default, the GOP’s hatred of Obamacare and Obama’s immigration policies, and its burning desire to get Keystone XL [...]
January 19th, 2015 - 11:13 am § in Politics
The GOP’s state budget is stupid and unworkable
Somewhat surprisingly, Washington’s GOP legislators sound like they want to comply with McCleary, and also fund the class size initiative. But they’re still adamantly opposed to raising taxes or new revenues. So what’s their hat trick? After all, we’re talking billions of dol[...]