I would prefer not to write about President Trump’s new budget, largely because I know it’s not a serious proposal. Even before he was elected, I pointed out that Trump was a big-government Republican who had no intention of dealing with serious fiscal issues such as the rising burden of entitlement spending. So I wasn’t surprised that he capitulated to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Preston Chaffee In March, President Donald Trump unveiled his “America First” budget, which promised to “shrink the role of government” by eliminating waste, duplicative programs and cutting funding at varying levels for about thirty different agencies. It promised to eliminate the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (NPR and PBS) as…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Elias J. Atienza Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) took aim at the government’s attempt to make tomatoes taste better. The National Science Foundation spent $1.5 million trying to improve the taste of the vegetable (technically a fruit as Paul notes) and the libertarian-leaning Republican blasted it in his Waste Report…
By Ian Tartt President Donald Trump has stirred up a lot of discussion with his recent budget proposal. Whether you love it, hate it, or are somewhere in between, here are some cuts that would leave you paying less in taxes and living with more freedom than you currently have. 1. Corporate Welfare Corporate welfare is cronyism at its…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Under the Trump administration, which rejects the concept of climate change as being real, the NASA budget is going to restructure the entity to turn its focus back toward space and away from Earth sciences. Los Angeles Times reports: NASA missions to the surface of Europa,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Three airport security programs will see an axing of their budget under President Donald Trump’s budget proposal, reports the Hill. The proposal, whose blueprint was publically released on Thursday, “eliminates and reduces unauthorized and underperforming programs administered by [the Transportation Security Administration] TSA in order to strengthen screening at airport security checkpoints,” the Hill…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget for the U.S. government blames former President Barack Obama by name for the U.S. military’s readiness crisis. The declaration is a break from traditional protocol, much like many of Trump’s actions in his first day in office. Past presidents have criticized their predecessors…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Fourteen million more people would become uninsured next year — and a total of 24 million more by the year 2026 — if the top Republican proposal to repeal and replace Obamacare is signed into law, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Monday, reports CNBC. The American Health Care Act…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin promised Sunday that President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will not include cuts to major entitlement programs, like Social Security and Medicare. If Mnuchin’s comments are correct, the president would be making good on his campaign promise to not make cuts to Social…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kathryn Watson If President Donald Trump wants to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government like he says, one thing he can do immediately is fill vacant inspector general (IG) offices, according to one government accountability expert. Eleven agencies have no permanent IG — the independent…