America First: A Budget Blueprint To Make America Great Again: A Budget Blueprint To Make America Great Again
Description
This Blueprint opens with a message from President Donald Trump outlining his key initiatives for U.S. Federal spending and also provides a message from the Director, Office of Management and Budget, Mick Mulvaney to further emphasize President Trump's budget blueprint agenda for the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget.
The major initiatives included within this Blueprint for the President’s 2018 Budget include the following:
- Provides for one of the largest increases in defense spending without increasing the debt;
- Significantly increases the budget for immigration enforcement at the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security;
- Includes additional resources for a wall on the southern border with Mexico, immigration judges, expanded detention capacity, U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Border Patrol;
- Increases funding to address violent crime and reduces opioid abuse; and
- Puts America first by keeping more of America’s hard-earned tax dollars here at home
The core of President Donald Trump’s first Budget Blueprint is the rebuilding of our Nation’s military without adding to our Federal deficit. There is a $54 billion increase in defense spending in 2018 that is offset by targeted reductions elsewhere. This defense funding is vital to rebuilding and preparing our Armed Forces for the future.
Some of the reductions include proposals to eliminate funding for other independent agencies, including: the African Development Foundation; the Appalachian Regional Commission; the Chemical Safety Board; the Corporation for National and Community Service; the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; the Delta Regional Authority; the Denali Commission; the Institute of Museum and Library Services; the Inter-American Foundation; the U.S. Trade and Development Agency; the Legal Services Corporation; the National Endowment for the Arts; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; the Northern Border Regional Commission; the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; the United States Institute of Peace; the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness; and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
American citizens, economists, financial management personnel, including U.S. Federal financial forecasters that manage the U.S. Federal Government spending and debt, regulatory compliance officers in Federal, State, and municipal governments, plus corporations, special interest groups for U.S. national security, and defense interests, plus the arts, humanities, libraries, museums, overseas investments, public broadcasting, regional commissions and small independent agency employees and management teams may be interested in this volume.
Praise for America First: A Budget Blueprint To Make America Great Again: A Budget Blueprint To Make America Great Again
Foreign Policy Article Heading: Trump's America First Budget Puts Africa Last by Ty McCormick dated March 22, 2017 http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/22/trumps-america-first-budget-puts-africa-last/
Federal News Radio 1500 AM Feature: Budget -- Article: White House details how it wants civilian agencies to cut $1B in FY2017 by Nicole Orgysko dated March 29,2017 http://federalnewsradio.com/budget/2017/03/white-house-details-wants-civilian-agencies-cut-18b-fy2017/
The Washington Post Opinions section Article: An 'American last' budget by Katrina vanden Heuvel dated March 21, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/an-america-last-budget/2017/03/21/f58b69e8-0d8b-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html?utm_term=.16fa5da51302
Washington Examiner -- Article: Trump to propose 'America-first,' 'hard-power' budget by Joseph Lawler dated March 16, 2017 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-to-propose-america-first-hard-power-budget/article/2617508
Agri-Pulse Article: Trump's 'America First' budget calls for big cuts at USDA by Philip Brasher dated 3/16/2017 https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/9049-trumps-america-first-budget-calls-for-big-cuts-at-usda
NPR (National Public Radio) Politics Section Article: Trump to Propose $54 Billion Defense Increase, Cuts to Domestic Programs by Brian Naylor dated February 27, 2017 http://www.npr.org/2017/02/27/517508243/trump-to-propose-54-billion-defense-budget-cuts-to-domestic-programs
New York Times -- Politics Section- News Analysis-- Article: In Trump Budget, More for Military, as His Supporters May Lose Out by Peter Baker dated March 15, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/us/politics/trump-budget-military-analysis.html
CNBC THE BIG CRUNCH WITH ERIC CHEMI Article: The looming budget disaster, in four charts by Mark Fahey and Nick Wells dated March 31, 2017 http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/31/cboinfourcharts-fahey-170330-dc-.html
NBC News Politics>White House section Article: Trump's $1.1 Trillion Budget Makes Dramatic Cuts to Federal Government by Erik Ortiz and Ali Vitali dated March 16, 2017 http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-s-1-1-trillion-budget-makes-dramatic-cuts-federal-n734271