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The Full List of Agencies Trump Wants to Cut
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Agency/Program What it does 21st Century Community Learning Centers Provides funding for after-school programs for students in high-poverty areas Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program Provides loans to automotive manufacturers developing fuel-efficient technologies African Development Foundation Invests in African businesses Appalachian Regional Commission Invests in projects for economic growth in the Appalachian region ARPA-E Funds research into new energy technologies Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Provides housing assistance to low-income families Chemical Safety Board Investigates industrial chemical accidents Chesapeake Bay Restoration Provides funding for cleanup and protection of the Chesapeake Bay watershed Community Development Block Grant Provides housing assistance to low-income families Community Development Financial Institutions Fund grants Provides support to financial services in underserved communities Community Services Block Grant Provides funding for projects that alleviate poverty Corporation for National & Community Service Runs AmeriCorps, City Year and other public service programs Corporation for Public Broadcasting Provides federal funding to local radio and television stations across the U.S. Delta Regional Authority Funds infrastructure and economic programs in the Mississippi River delta region Denali Commission Provides economic assistance in Alaska Economic Development Administration Provides funding for economic development projects across the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Account Provides emergency funding for humanitarian crises around the world Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program Tests pesticides and other chemicals for adverse effects on humans and animals Energy Star Provides assistance for energy efficiency programs Essential Air Service program Provides funding for air transportation to rural communities Global Climate Change Initiative Provides financial assistance for climate change initiatives in developing countries Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Provides funding for cleanup and protection of Great Lakes watersheds Institute of Museum and Library Services Provides grants and research for libraries, museums, zoos and similar institutions. Inter-American Foundation Provides development assistance to Latin American countries Legal Services Corporation Provides legal aid to low-income Americans Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Assists low-income families with heating and cooling costs McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program Provides school meals and nutrition programs in poor countries Minority Business Development Agency Provides technical assistance to minority-owned businesses NASA Office of Education Supports STEM education initiatives National Endowment for the Arts Provides funding for arts projects National Endowment for the Humanities Provides funding for cultural institutions like universities and museums, as well as projects by individual scholars Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Provides housing assistance to low-income Americans Northern Border Regional Commission Economic development in northern New England Overseas Private Investment Corporation Helps U.S. businesses invest overseas Senior Community Service Employment Program Funds job training for low-income, unemployed seniors State Energy Program Provides funding and technical assistance for energy efficiency and clean energy Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants program Provides grants to improve education quality Targeted Air Shed Grants Provides grants for air pollution control TIGER Discretionary Grant program Provides funding for transportation projects across the U.S. Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program Provides loan guarantees for new energy products United States Institute of Peace Works on international conflict mitigation United States Interagency Council on Homelessness Coordinates federal response to homelessness US Trade and Development agency Promotes U.S. exports in developing countries. Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program Provides funding for water infrastructure in rural areas Weatherization Assistance Program Provides grants for weatherizing low-income homes Woodrow Wilson International Center Foreign policy think tank
Source: http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/here-is-a-complete-list-of-things-trump-wants-to-cut
Published in Domestic Policy
No the president recommends the budget for the entire government in general. And recommendation doesn’t mean set the budget. The House of Representatives is given sole power to allocate funds and that means they in fact decide the budget. Other members of congress can recommend budgets. What matters is what gets allocated.
As to the president recommending budgets I don’t really care what his recommendations are. He isn’t some CEO of a company. They get to legislate and execute. His job is to execute policy from the legislature. His expertise is not in representing the American people for government policy, that is what representatives of the House are for (and technicaly now the senators are too). The only time he is to directly represent the American people (aside from technically being elected by them) is in his role of foreign policy as chief diplomat.
That would work, too.
How about from 65 to 70, or 65 to 75?
Oh man are the pigs going to squeal.
The number of agencies that would have been cut under the Hilldebeast or Evan McMuffin: 0
All of them sound good so liberals and the press will scream and congress will use that to not do their job. They’ll fuss and log role and not cut much. The president will have to threaten to veto the budget and it will end up in status quo with commissions appointed to review all the programs.
But we could sell the Energy Star trademark to a private sector entity.
First, they paid for it.
Second, the number of such rich people is so low that it would cost more to create the forms to remove them from Social Security than would be saved.
Third, once you set the precedent, the government would endeavor to take about 50% of the populace off of Social Security. You darn well know that this would be done in a politically correct way. Illegal aliens and others who never really put into the system would get to collect. Government employees and private sector union members on six-figure pensions would still get to collect in addition to those pensions. A non-union private sector employee who ever made more than $100,000 per year will likely be SOL.
I’d actually take the land and create a restored wetland. You know, just to make more heads explode.
Ooohhhh, you are cruel! I like it…
So when MLK said that a lie eventually dies but the Truth lives forever he was paraphrasing the Bible?
By who? I always hear this line and I find it hard to believe.
Also, these agencies are not enforcement agencies – no fines, no pointing fingers at some guy, just recommendations on how to prevent the factory from exploding.
Please note that many of these events have effects in the surrounding community and require a high degree of expertise to investigate. It also really helps to have an outside party do the investigation. If we are ever going to build another refinery in this country we need to convince it wont explode.
I have a theory (which really needs to be a separate post), that Social Security should be an absolute bare minimum payment from age 65 to (say) age 85 – like “seniors eating the generic catfood because the name brand cat food is too expensive” minimum) and then become quite lavish after that.
The fundamental flaw of individual retirement savings through IRAs, 401ks, etc, is that you don’t know how long you’re going to live, so you have to husband your resources to avoid outliving your savings.
My way would allow you to plan a 20-year retirement to draw down our savings as much as you like, knowing you’ll still have a decent life afterwards. Meanwhile enough people will die off to keep Social Security solvent.
Another perspective…
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-trump-budget
Well, he was a Baptist minister.
I would expect the formula for determining the part of SS income that is taxable to get modified.
Good suggestion, but if you are older than 57 your full retirement age is already 67. A system to raise it say three months every year until it’s just gone would save even more in the long run. Or a similar plan to increase the early retirement age. Or a means test.
Younger, not older.
This is in part what I mean by the amount of SS that is taxable. I just now was playing with the numbers for when I have to start taking Required Minimum Distributions from my tax-deferred plans. I still won’t have to pay tax on all my SS.
Of course, any additional tax revenue from this or any other kind of means testing will just be used by Congress to leverage more spending and more debt, so it’s nothing I’m going to write my Congressman about.
The ones I’m familiar with; ARC, CDBG, and TIGER; are all transportation and regional things, which I think falls squarely in the “regulate commerce among the several states” clause. Though as the price of seeing everything else on the list go, I’d pay it.
The era of Big Bird is over.
Understand. With you on that, completely.
Big Bird will do just fine. He earns many millions of dollars per year from merchandising, and HBO is picking up the production costs of the show these days.
As well it should be. We subsidize college education and STEM jobs are among the best paying. If we believe in markets, STEM jobs should be filling themselves.
People should eat while they drive anyway.
Just don’t agree that if I was going to cut only one item on the list, this would be it. For the rest we are as one.
Too broad a question. States shouldn’t do anything that the US Constitution proscribes, but that document doesn’t tie their hands very much. Get acquainted with your state constitution and work that out with your fellow residents. Based on my (limited) exposure, state constitutions are a mess of indefensible rights and entitlements. If the feds didn’t pretty much run everything we’d pay much more attention to the disasters which are our state constitutions.
Oh you mean like California, spend every dime of our tax dollars on social programs, and when the dam literally breaks, you run to the feds to pay for it.
There is nothing in the US Constitution that prohibits the states from begging for alms.
Wait, you didn’t get the memo? IT’s no longer STEM it’s now STEAM…
They tacked on the Arts because science and math are hard.