BUDGET PROPOSAL – A STEP IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION

Department of Agriculture - $3.6 billion or 15-percent decrease
 
Department of Education - $8.5 billion or 12.0-percent decrease, The Department of Education should be eliminated completely
 
Department of Energy - $31.7 billion or 11-percent decrease
 
Department of Health and Human Resources - $87.1 billion or 12-percent decrease, another department that should be phased out of existence with services being determined by each state
 
Department of Housing and Urban Development - $8.7 billion or 16.4-percent decrease, another department that should be phased out of existence with services being determined by each state
 
Department of the Interior -$2 billion or 14-percent decrease
 
Department of Justice - $698 million or 2-percent decrease
 
Department of Labor -$1.2 billion or 9.7-percent decrease
 
Department of State and Other International Programs - $12.3 billion or 23-percent decrease
 
Department of Transportation - $5.9 billion or 22-percent decrease, If the tax code were simplified, this Department could be very minimal  
 
Department of the Treasury - $0.2 billion or 1-percent decrease
 
Corps of Engineers - $2.2 billion or 31-percent decrease
 
Environmental Protection Agency -$2.8 billion or 31-percent decrease
 
This is a step in the right direction.  Thank you, President Trump.  This is however contrary to the desires of the Marxist/Progressive (Democrat) Party who believes in bigger and bigger government, with higher and higher taxes until they reach the goal set forth by Marx where Individuals receive based on need as determined by the government.  All GDP goes to the government and they distribute as they say is just and fair.  Many establishment Republicans like the late John McCain and current Mitt Romney concur with the Marxist/Progressives (Democrats).