Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Proposed Federal Budget Cuts

A List of House Budget Cuts. Notice Social Security and the military are NOT on this list. These are all the programs that the "new" Republican House has proposed cutting. 11/28/16

(But I'll bet that Trump will want to cut MUCH MORE) MOST Federal Agencies that are NOT Constitutional starting with: Department of Education, Department of Energy and National Labor Relations Board_ (NLRB).
<http://heritageaction.com/2011/11/issue-profile-unconstitutional-federal-agencies/>, 

Cuts annual savings unless noted.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy -- $445 million
Save America's Treasures Program -- $25 million
International Fund for Ireland -- $17 million
Legal Services Corporation -- $420 million
National Endowment for the Arts -- $167.5 million
National Endowment for the Humanities -- $167.5 million
Hope VI Program -- $250 million
Amtrak Subsidies -- $1.565 billion
Eliminate 68 duplicate education programs -- $1.3 billion
U.S. Trade Development Agency -- $55 million
Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy -- $20 million
Cut funding for congressional printing $47 million
John C. Stennis Center Subsidy -- $430,000
Community Development Fund -- $4.5 billion
Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid -- $24 million
Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half -- $7.5 billion
Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20% -- $600 million
Essential Air Service -- $150 million
Technology Innovation Program -- $70 million
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) -- $125 million
DOE Grants to States for Weatherization -- $530 million
Beach Replenishment -- $95 million
New Starts Transit -- $2 billion
Exchange Programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians & Their Historical Trading Partners in Mass. -- $9 million
Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants -- $2.5 billion
Title X Family Planning -- $318 million
Appalachian Regional Commission -- $76 million
Economic Development Administration -- $293 million
National and Community Services Act -- $1.15 billion
Applied Research at Department of Energy -- $1.27 billion
Freedom CAR and Fuel Partnership -- $200 million
Energy Star Program -- $52 million
Economic Assistance to Egypt -- $250 million
U.S. Agency for International Development -- $1.39 billion
General Assistance to District of Columbia -- $210 million
Subsidy DC Metro Area Transit Authority -- $150 million
Presidential Campaign Fund -- $775 million savings over ten years.
No funding for federal office space acquisition -- $864 million
End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act -- More than $1 billion (this assisted Unions in requiring HIGHER wages than normally possible)
IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget -- $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
Collect unpaid taxes by federal employees_ -- $1 billion
Stop funded union activities by federal employees -- $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
Sell excess federal properties -- $15 billion total savings.
Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress. WHAT?
Eliminate Mohair Subsidies -- $1 million annual savings.
Eliminate Climate Change payments to UN-- $12.5 million
Eliminate Market Access Program -- $200 million
USDA Sugar Program -- $14 million
Subsidy to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) -- $93 million
Eliminate the National Organic Certification -- $56.2 million
Eliminate Obamacare administrative costs -- $900 million
Ready to Learn TV Program -- $27 million
HUD Ph.D. Program.
Deficit Reduction Check-Off

TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years. Average is $250 Billion a year.

The federal government actually spent in fiscal year 2012: $3.53 trillion.

<http://thefederalist.com/2014/07/14/what-a-constitutional-federal-budget-would-look-like
 
http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2016/11/ryan-proposed-budget-cuts.html?showComment=1480352144286#c1836212696407059213
 
Comment

This is a good start. We need $850 Billion in cuts to balance the budget.


Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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