Trump's 'Big' Cuts Hurt More Than Help

WITHIN A MONTH WE WILL HAVE TRUMP'S FIRST BUDGET, BUT EVEN
NOW, LONG BEFORE WE GET IT, WE ARE GETTING SOME INDICATION OF
SOME OF THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT END UP ON THE
CHOPPING BLOCK, AND GET READY FOR THIS.
USING THESE NAMES IN
THE SORT OF LIST BEFORE.
HERE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT FACED
ELIMINATION OR A LARGE DECREASE IN FUNDING, THESE ARE ALL
ELIMINATION --
OF COURSE YOU GET RID OF THE OFFICE OF DRUG CONTROL POLICY,
IF YOU WANT TO BE STRONG ON DRUGS TO GET RID OF THE GROUP IS
DOING IT. AND THE IMPORT EXPORT BANK, IT SEEMS AMAZING TO ME
THAT DONALD TRUMP, WHO SAYS WE ARE GETTING SCREWED BY FOREIGN
COUNTRIES AND ARE IMPORT EXPORT BALANCE IS SO OFF, OF COURSE YOU
GET OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES LOANS TO FOREIGN
CORPORATIONS THAT WANT TO BUY OUR PRODUCTS?
THEY ARE
CONSIDERING GETTING RID OF THAT AS WELL.
YOU SHOULDN'T BE
SURPRISED, I SAID THAT GETTING TRUMP IN IS NOT JUST TERRIBLE
FOR PROGRESSIVES BECAUSE OF HIS CORE POLICIES, THE IMMIGRATION
BAN, THE BORDER WALL -- IT'S BECAUSE WHEN YOU PUT THESE
PSYCHOPATHS IN CHARGE OF THE BUDGET THEY GET TO CUT
EVERYTHING IF THEY WANT TO.
DOZENS, HUNDREDS OF PROGRAMS,
ELIMINATED.
GONE.
AND GOOD LUCK SETTING THEM UP AGAIN IN THE
FUTURE.
YOU GET RID OF THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC
BROADCASTING, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS AND
HUMANITIES, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT JOBS THAT ARE GONE,
ORGANIZATIONS DEFUNDED, PEOPLE'S CAREERS DONE, GONE.
MAYBE
SOMEDAY WE SET UP THE NEA AGAIN, MAYBE IN FIVE OR 10
YEARS THEY GET FUNDED AGAIN, BUT PEOPLE'S LIVES HAVE BEEN
RUINED IN THE MEANTIME.
THAT IS THE POWER OF CONTROLLING THE FEDERAL BUDGET, SOMETHING
WE'VE HANDED OVER TO THE MOST RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
WE'VE GOT TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, AND WE SPENT A LOT OF
MONEY, A HUGE PORTION OF OUR BUDGET, GOING TOWARDS THOSE
THINGS.
TRUMP SAID HE WOULD BALANCE THE BUDGET, HE'S GOING
TO GET RID OF GOVERNMENT WASTE -- OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW WHERE
GOVERNMENT WASTE IS, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FUNDING
PUBLIC BROADCASTING OR FUNDING --
ARE YOU SURE?
LET'S RUN THE NUMBERS ON OUR DESK COMPUTER WE
HAVE RIGHT HERE.
TAKE ALL THOSE PROGRAMS -- PROBABLY A LOT OF
MONEY, RIGHT --
$2.5 BILLION?
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
LETS HIM PUT THAT INTO
THE OLD COMPUTER THERE -- BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE IS THAT?
WELL --
THAT'S NOTHING.
THAT IS NOTHING.
AND THE REASON THAT'S
IMPORTANT IS NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S SAD AND I WILL CRY LATER
BECAUSE OF IT, IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THE
MONEY THAT'S BEING SAVED FROM IT, THEY WANT TO KILL IT.
ISN'T
THE GUY WHO THOUGHT OF, MAYBE WE COULD KILL THE NEA, ALL PROGRAMS
-- THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT SINCE THE '80S.
ALMOST ALL OF
THESE SAME PROGRAMS.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE TRUMP IS
NOT A MAVERICK, HE'S JUST DOING WHAT CONSERVATIVES HAVE ALWAYS
WANTED TO DO, BUT WE STUPIDLY GAVE HIM THE ABILITY TO DO IT.
ANOTHER DECADES LONG BATTLE TO DESTROY THESE PROGRAMS THAT
OVERWHELMINGLY HELP OUT LIBS AND POOR PEOPLE, OLD PEOPLE,
PEOPLE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, CAN BE
SWEPT AWAY POSSIBLY FOR GOOD.
AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE LIVES THAT WILL BE DESTROYED BECAUSE
THEY WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS IF WE DEFUND THESE PROGRAMS, BUT IT
GOES FURTHER THAN THAT.
I THINK IT WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT
ON FUTURE GENERATIONS, BECAUSE, LOOK, THE ARTS ARE SO IMPORTANT
FOR SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE STUDYING.
IT ACTUALLY HELPS WITH
CRITICAL THINKING, IT HELPS WITH HER ACADEMICS.
BEING PART OF THE
ARTS LEADS TO MORE CREATIVITY IN THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
SO ALL OF
THOSE COMPONENTS ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETE WE DESTROYED
BECAUSE CONSERVATIVES HAVE NEVER LIKED THE ARTS, THEY THINK
IT'S A WASTE OF TIME.
THEY DON'T GET IT.
THEY DON'T GET IT, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN RESEARCHERS DO
BASIC SCIENCE OR WHEN THEY DO RESEARCH INTO BASIC SCIENCE, AND
THEY WILL ALWAYS DOWNPLAY THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE STUDIES.
KNOW, I FEEL LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE A BETTER EXAMPLE THAN I DO, BUT
YOU WILL SEE A STUDY COVERED ON FOX NEWS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE
WHERE IT SEEMS FRIVOLOUS AND NONSENSICAL, BUT REALLY IT'S
LOOKING INTO FUNDAMENTALS OF BIGGER SCIENTIFIC ISSUES.
LIKE THE SPAWNING RATES OF A PARTICULAR TYPE OF SHRIMP IN A
CERTAIN AREA.
THEY ARE LIKE, OH MY GOD, $1 BILLION -- IT
WOULDN'T BE -- BUT THAT'S REALLY ABOUT POPULATION GROWTH
STUDIES, EVOLUTION, EFFECTS OF TOXINS, IT'S IMPORTANT AND
REPRESENTS MORE THAN IT MIGHT SEEM.
IT'S UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD AROUND US, TAKING A DEEPER LOOK
AT THESE ISSUES THAT MIGHT LOOK DUMB ON THE SURFACE BUT ACTUALLY
HAVE A POINT TO THEM.
I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT THE ARTS -- THEY
MIGHT LOOK AT THE ARTS AND THINK WE ARE FUNDING THIS?
MUSIC,
DANCE, WHO CARES ABOUT THESE THINGS?
PAINTING, WHATEVER IT
IS.
BUT THOSE THINGS, THOSE ACTIVITIES, HAVE SO MUCH OF A
POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE MINDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, AND IT BENEFITS
THEIR LIVES IN SOME ANYWAYS.
TO THINK ABOUT HOW THAT WILL BE
SNATCHED AWAY FROM THEM REALLY SCARES ME, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
ALSO LOOK AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND HOW MUCH
FUNDING HAS BEEN CUT FROM THESE INSTITUTIONS TO THE POINT WHERE
THEY CAN'T EVEN TEACH KIDS ABOUT THE ARTS.
IT'S ALL ABOUT MATH,
READING, MAYBE SCIENCE, THAT'S IT.
YEAH.
A LITTLE BIT MORE BAD NEWS BEFORE MY TWO ATTEMPT AT A
SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM, OR AT LEAST SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP
-- FIRST OF ALL YOU BROUGHT UP BALANCING THE BUDGET, TRUMP HAS
TALKED ABOUT THAT, HE ALSO RECENTLY SAID --
SO THERE YOU HAVE THE PATTERN WE HAVE ALWAYS SEEN, AND WE WILL
ALWAYS SEE -- THEY SAY THEY ARE FISCAL CONSERVATIVES AND BUDGET
HAWKS AND THEY WILL GET IS A BALANCED BUDGET, SO WHAT
HAPPENS?
THEY SPEND A TON OF MONEY ON TAX CUTS IN AND THE
MILITARY, THEY DESTROY THE FEDERAL BUDGET, A DEMOCRAT GETS
ELECTED, THE DEMOCRAT HAS TO SCRIMP AND SAVE AND FIGHT FOR
FOUR OR EIGHT YEARS TO GET THE BUDGET BACK TO CLOSE TO BEING IN
PARITY, AND WE ELECT ANOTHER REPUBLICAN AND THEN PUT AS MUCH
MONEY INTO THE MILITARY AS YOU WANT, ANOTHER ROUND OF TAX CUTS,
THEY RECOMMENDED AGAIN.
HE'S SETTING US UP FOR THAT, AND IN
FACT THEY MENTIONED OVER THE WEEKEND THAT THEY WANTED TO
SPEND SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ON THE MILITARY, TENS OF BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS, AND THAT IS WHEN WE ARE PULLING OUT OF AREAS.
SUPPOSEDLY WE SHOULD BE LESS MONEY.
BUT TWO THINGS I THINK
WOULD HELP, ONE IS MORE LONG-TERM -- FOR THE LOVE OF
GOD, ENCOURAGE YOUR CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO GET
INVOLVED IN THE ARTS.
IF THERE WERE MORE WESTERN PLAYS AND MORE
PICTURES BEING DRAWN OF HOUND DOGS, MAYBE WE WOULDN'T HAVE
THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD FEEL INVESTED IN THE DAMN THING.
THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, SO THE RICH CELEBRITIES
IN THE VARIOUS ARTS, THE SINGERS, THE MUSICIANS, THE
ACTORS WHO SPEAK OUT IN FAVOR OF THE ARTS, MANY TIMES THEY WILL
PROVIDE MONEY FOR THE ARTS, WE ARE GOING TO NEED THAT MONEY
SOON.
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL PUT THEIR PAYCHECKS WHERE THEIR
MOUTHS ARE AND HELP TO FILL THE GAPS FOR A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT
PROGRAMS WHEN THEIR FUNDING WILL ALMOST INEVITABLY
BE CUT.

Trump's 'Big' Cuts Hurt More Than Help

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