Donald Trump will propose a $54 Billion increase for Military (weapon, independent, dollars)

[burdell]

Originally Posted by exm

Cut food stamps: require random alcohol and drug testing. Limit food stamps to 1 year.

That's a start.

Begin with Congress! Let those bunglers justify their salaries.

[Chance and Change]

Why... have they already selected the Military Contractors who are in need of MORE money? Go back and get the Trillion"(s) that went Missing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Not one dime of any allocated money should go to "soldier's of opportunity as in.. military contractors" as being sanctioned hit squads.
We are a nation, if we want to do Military Actions, then it will be done by the Military, not private vendors who bleed the coffers and pay off politicians to run their "money grabbing processes".

We have Military Branches, Intelligence Agencies, and diplomats, let them do their jobs and keep down conflict.

[ChristineVA]

I'm sure the contractors are out having champagne tonight. Big business for them.

[case44]

Originally Posted by Wintergirl80

Donald Trump will propose raising our Defense spending by $54 billion dollars, with MAJOR cuts to domestic programs and foreign aid.

They are not releasing what programs will be cut but hinting at EPA being one of the programs.

"The big, approximately 10 percent increase for the Pentagon would fulfill a Trump campaign promise to build up the military. The senior budget office official said there will be a large reduction in foreign aid and that most domestic agencies will have to absorb cuts. He did not offer details, but the administration is likely to go after longtime Republican targets like the Environmental Protection Agency."


How does everyone feel about this? While I agree we need a strong military to protect our nation cutting our own programs that help fellow Americans doesn't sound right. And we need an agency to protect the Environment.

https://www.usnews.com/news/business...ocial-security

We need to build back our military. It is essential that we do this more than anything else. As for all the other government entities, we just don't need them. Ever hear of consolidating? They can afford to merge one organization with another and still manage to keep things afloat. Two things can be accomplished here: We reduce our nation's bloated debt and we strengthen our armed forces.

[kat in aiken]

Originally Posted by cmptrwlt

I guess you forgot about the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. Obama was known for his drone strikes, and they are inexpensive compared to ground invasions.

Yeah, look what trump did his first week in office, and it resulted in a dead American.

[Tyster]

Originally Posted by kimchee

The U.S. has enough power to destroy the world many times over, building up up our military even more at the expense of cuts to other areas is just boneheaded on so many levels.... the end result of this is China, Russia and other countries will feel like they have to build up as well. We're looking at another arms race which doesn't do the world much good.

There are other ways to assert ourselves ...

You have it exactly backwards. Both China and Russia have been engaging in a massive military buildup over the last 10-15 years... especially China. Meanwhile our forces have been significantly reduced. We don't even have enough ships or aircraft to satisfy our current operational requirements.

The Chinese and the Russians have become far more brazen and provocative over the last few years and there is a reason for that. Either we have enough force to make them second guess their actions or we watch them run roughshod wherever they want.

And there is more than enough fat in nonmilitary programs and agencies to pay for this buildup.

[censusdata]

Who threatens the USA militarily anyway? Canada? Mexico? Trump's buddy Putin? We have the threat of lone wolf terrorists but there is zero chance of a military invasion. The focus should be stopping lone wolfs through online surveillance and that won't cost $54 billion.

[Tyster]

Originally Posted by Mircea

Here's 79 Welfare Programs that cost $1.3+TRILLION. Choose which ones you want cut:

Healthcare:
Family Planning
Consolidated Health Centers
Transitional Cash and Medical Services for Refugees
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Voluntary Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit—Low-Income Subsidy
Medicaid
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
Breast/Cervical Cancer Early Detection
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant

Income Redistribution Programs:
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) (cash aid)
Supplemental Security Income
Additional Child Tax Credit
Earned Income Tax Credit (refundable component)

"Nutrition" Programs:
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
School Breakfast Program (free/reduced price components)
National School Lunch Program (free/reduced price components)
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
Child and Adult Care Food Program (lower income components)
Summer Food Service Program
Commodity Supplemental
Food Program Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
Nutrition Program for the Elderly

"Education" Programs:
Adult Basic Education Grants to States
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
Education for the Disadvantaged—Grants to Local Educational Agencies (Title I-A)
Title I Migrant Education Program
Higher Education—Institutional Aid and Developing Institutions
Federal Work-Study
Federal TRIO Programs
Federal Pell Grants
Education for Homeless Children and Youth
21st Century Community Learning Centers
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR-UP)
Reading First and Early Reading First
Rural Education Achievement Program
Mathematics and Science Partnerships
Child Care and Development Fund
Head Start HHS
Developmental Disabilities Support and Advocacy Grants
Improving Teacher Quality State Grants
Academic Competitiveness and Smart Grant Program

"Housing" programs:
Single-Family Rural Housing Loans
Rural Rental Assistance Program
Supportive Housing for the Elderly
Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance
Community Development Block Grants
Homeless Assistance Grants
Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME)
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
Public Housing
Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers
Neighborhood Stabilization Program-1
Grants to States for Low-Income Housing in Lieu of Low-Income Housing Credit Allocations
Tax Credit Assistance Program
Emergency Food and Shelter Program

Housing Related Programs:
Water and Waste Disposal for Rural Communities
Public Works and Economic Development
Weatherization Assistance Program
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

Social Welfare Programs:
Older Americans Act Grants for Supportive Services and SeniorCenters
Older Americans Act Family Caregiver Program
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) (social services)
Child Support Enforcement
Community Services Block Grant
Foster Care
Adoption Assistance
Social Services Block Grant
Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
Legal Services Corporation
Community Service Employment for Older Americans
Social Services and Targeted Assistance for Refugees
Foster Grandparents

"Job Training" Programs:
Job Corps
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult Activities
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Activities
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) (employment and training)
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (employment and training component)

Almost all of those programs are redundant with some other program in that same list.

Eliminate redundant programs, consolidate wherever possible, audit them and with the exception of Medicaid and Medicare cut them by 10%.

[evilcart]

we could cut 200 billion from our Military budgets and still out spend every single nation on earth by a wide margin.
Hell we would still be so far ahead that we could cut another 50 billion and build a wall around Trump's ego..

[censusdata]

It is really eye opening that Trump's blue collar White supporters are so convinced that there are grave external threats that require more military spending when their communities are being wiped out by heroin, cancer, obesity, under employment due to lack of education, etc. All things that are helped by the very programs they are so hell bent on eliminating. The reality is working class Whites are the most vulnerable group in the USA and the only ethnic group in the 1st world to have a rapidly declining life expectancy.