Trump budget proposal. Some good ideas and some bad, but if it's a priority, states can prioritize.
The draft of President Trump's budget plan for FY 2026, which will be unveiled next week, calls for deep cuts in programs related to child care [good], health research [TBD], education [excellent], housing [good], community development [good] and the elderly [bad].
On health research, the budget plan would cut $8.8 billion from NIH [good]. It would totally eliminate funding for the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities [excellent]. It would halve funding for CDC [good]. It also would eliminate the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health [good in parts] and the Public Health Emergency Preparedness program [good in parts]. It also would eliminate a $56 million Narcan grant program that distributes doses of the drug and trains emergency responders [bad].
Replies to: Trump budget proposal. Some good ideas and some bad, but if it's a priority, states can prioritize.
Idiot increases spending, decreases revenue. Same SOB went broke running casinos.
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Lesser tax rates will mean more taxes paid to government as it always does.
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I do not understand how anyone could be in favor of cutting medical research funding
Especially because the money will go to offset tax cuts. And to the Pentagon.
I don't understand how anyone can think we can stop borrowing without cutting everything. Everthing.
Besides, Biden already cured cancer as he promised, right?
Regardless, if Pentagon spending, or spending in any area, is increasing, then that is wrong.
That probably makes sense to those who never actually looked at the budget
And again, I would be fine with rational, measured, thoughtful cuts.
Like the Gore Commission. Which balanced the budget.
Ok. Fine. Let's just cut your favorite programs, not mine
I think cutting everything, my favorite spending too, is a good compromise. You don't?
But tax cuts for billionaires is fine and dandy and not deficit affecting? Go away.
How much medical research would that money fund?
You are looking to pick a fight. Start here: Do you agree everything should be cut?
Yes or no.
Then we can talk about tax cuts.
Ahh, the class envy canard.
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It can always be re-instated. Part of this is to kill existing parasitism and re-establish clean.
That said, the risk with this approach is in throwing the baby out with the bath water. There are worthwhile projects that will get killed along with all the waste.
But if they are worthwhile, there's time to adjust the budget.
Indeed. Trump just did exactly this with the WHI research. Libs call it backtracking, but
it has been promised all along that worthy efforts will be reinstated.
There is so very much waste and deadwood to be rooted out in the case KC and research worlds - it hasn’t ever been done before.
How many good ideas got shot down b/c their DEI impact statement wasn’t sufficient?
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Fair point. Quite a few given how widespread DEI discrimination was implemented by BidenHandlers.
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Face reality...there has been no evidence of reasonable thought exhibited thus far...there won't be
with this group of clowns. Don't be delusional.
Correct.
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