Back in May 2017, Director John Thompson of the U.S. Census Bureau abruptly resgined after Congress refused to provide adequate funding for the upcoming 2020 census.
While Trump's administration was imprisoning children, giving concessions to North Korea, and relishing a Muslim Ban, his White House laid out plans to crush social programs.
Trump, spurred on by conservatives who want him to slash safety net programs, unveiled on Thursday [June 21, 2018] a plan to overhaul the federal government that could have a profound effect on millions of poor and working-class Americans.
Republicans screamed at the top of their lungs for eight years under President Obama about budget deficits and our national debt. They blamed him for bank bailouts initiated before his term. They shot down incredibly vital stimulus plans to bring our economy out of a total collapse and, you know, make America great again.
In late May 2018, the US Senate passed bipartisan - yes I said it, bipartisan - legislation to enhance the healthcare options for our Veterans.
The Senate on Wednesday [5/23/18] overwhelmingly approved legislation paving the way for a major overhaul of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the way veterans access health care in the private sector at government expense. The measure passed by a vote of 92-5.... The House passed the bill last week by an overwhelming margin of 347-70.
The GOP tax scam passed in December 2017 was a blatant give away by Republicans to their corporate overlords and obscenely wealthy donors.
Most of the extra cash from tax savings is going into the pockets of stock shareholders through dividend increases and companies buying back their own stock in hopes of boosting its price.
Screw citizens who work for our government, who work on our behalf to better our country and society. That's what Trump and Republican say.
....the Trump administration is considering changes that might make federal work less rewarding, including a $143.5 billion cut in federal retirement benefits that would affect current and future retirees.
....the administration wants to freeze salaries next year, and is considering a broader overhaul of civil service laws, all of which has public-employee groups nervous.
In March 2018, Trump signed the Omnibus Spending Bill, explained succinctly by Smart Dissent HERE. He admittedly had no idea what was in it. It included funding for a lot of crucial programs, many of which Republicans would like to savagely cut or end.
Now Trump's people have put their (empty) heads together and asked Congress to pull back some of the funding within that $1.3 trillion spending bill.
Ben Carson was confirmed as secretary of Housing and Urban Development in March 2017. Carson has zero experience in housing policy, but has said that anyone who questions his qualifications are stupid. He actually said that.
Yet here we are and millions will suffer as a result. Carson ought to go back to wasting taxpayer dollars on office furniture. At least that damage was limited to a few hundred thousand dollars.
Nothing is more emblematic of the Trump doctrine than to spit in the face of a poor, homeless American. Conservatives love to make it sound so simple. Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps they say. WHAT IF YOU HAVE NO BOOTS? What if you have literally nothing? These safety net programs are the last resort for millions of Americans.
Our government's primary function is to provide education, housing, food and safety of the people. Healthcare should of course be part of that and is a battle we continue to fight despite being obvious to so many of us. Simply stated, government should provide for the common good. Let's discuss one such example which now stands at risk of ending.