“Trump’s FY2020 Budget Bloats Militarized Spending -
And Slashes Actual Human Needs”
by National Priorities Project
“Yesterday, President Trump finally released his third presidential budget request,
after a month-long delay due to the government shutdown. And… it’s a doozy.
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Trump’s FY 2020 priorities go even further than
last year’s request in bloating the already enormous military budget, requesting $750 billion for the military – an increase of 5%, or $34 billion, from the 2019 enacted budget.
That would put 57% of the $1.3 trillion discretionary budget into the Pentagon and nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, total funding for all other agencies, from the Department of Education to Veterans Affairs and NASA, is only $543 billion, down from $597 billion budgeted in 2019 – a 9% decrease.
Here are some of the lowlights of what the Trump budget would do:
• More than doubles funding for the Pentagon’s slush fund, to $165 billion, up from $81 billion enacted last year, enabling a sleight of hand that then lets the administration claim to adhere to legally mandated budget caps set by Congress.
• Establishes the “United States Space Force (USSF)” proposed as a sixth branch of the Armed Forces.
• Cuts the State Department by 23%, making war the leading option to deal with conflicts.
• Slashes departments that actually meet human needs, like Education (down 12%), Housing and Urban Development (down 16.4%), and the Environmental Protection Agency, which would see a 31% cut.
As you may have heard, presidential budgets rarely come to pass. But President Trump’s extreme intentions are clear, and his recent willingness to
shut down the federal government may signal more vicious fights ahead. And as we wrote for
Truthout, Democrats have a tendency to cave quickly when it comes to more military spending.
Source:
http://coyoteprime-runningcauseicantfly.blogspot.com/2019/03/trumps-fy2020-budget-bloats-militarized.html
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