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America First: A Budget Blueprint To Make America Great Again: A Budget Blueprint To Make America Great Again

America First: A Budget Blueprint To Make America Great Again: A Budget Blueprint To Make America Great Again

Current price: $10.00
Publication Date: March 16th, 2017
Publisher:
Office of Management and Budget
ISBN:
9780160937620
Pages:
65

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.
 

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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