Budget

In Smart Dissent's Budget Cuts Series, we are examining the White House proposed budget cuts to learn what's hidden beneath the surface and later update based on Congressional budget proposals and actions.  This post focuses on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) - the group that recently educated our citizens and elected representatives about how incredibly harmful the proposed Republican (non) healthcare legislation would be.  The CBO is the target of House Republicans -- we must Be Smart about it and Actively Dissent.

Why does the CBO matter?  What do they do?

In Smart Dissent's Budget Cuts Series, we are detailing as many of the White House proposed budget cuts as we can keep up with.  We seek to learn and share what's hidden beneath the surface which are so many programs, facilities, and people that will never be reported by most media.

In Smart Dissent's Budget Cuts Series, we are detailing many of the White House proposed budget cuts.  We seek to learn and share what's hidden beneath the surface.  Today's subject is housing aid, a program operated by HUD to protect the most vulnerable in our nation, which is set to be cut drastically under Trump's proposed budget causing devastation for millions.  But hidden beneath the surface is something not widely reported until last week.

In Smart Dissent's Budget Cuts Series, we are examining the White House proposed budget cuts to learn what's hidden beneath the surface and later update based on Congressional budget proposals and actions.  This post focuses on proposed significant cuts to our schools and Department of Education that we must Be Smart about and Actively Dissent.

Trump's budget proposal for fiscal year 2018...calls for a $9.2 billion, or 13.5 percent, spending cut to education.

Student Debt 

The White House is taking aggressive steps towards reducing the role of the federal government in fighting discrimination and protecting minorities.  It is doing so by cutting budgets, dissolving programs and appointing officials unsympathetic to previous practices.  Several examples are noted below and more thoroughly discussed in the Washington Post's article.

In Smart Dissent's Budget Cuts Series, we are examining the White House proposed budget cuts to learn what's hidden beneath the surface and later update based on Congressional budget proposals and actions.  This post focuses on proposed significant cuts to medical research and healthcare that we must Be Smart about and Actively Dissent.

Anti-poverty advocates have vowed to fight the proposed budget plan for good reason.   It's devastating blow to millions of low income people throughout the country.  It's a shockingly transparent effort to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy and increase defense spending.  Most importantly, we all must engage in Smart Dissent because budgets are drafted and approved by Congress, not the President.  It's crucial to be aware of what the White House is proposing and let Congress know it is not acceptable. 

In this continuing series, we are examining the White House proposed budget cuts to learn what's hidden beneath the surface and later update based on Congressional budget proposals and actions.  This post is about the proposed 95% savage cuts to the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

The Budget Cuts Series has a lot to share because the details of the White House proposed budget cuts are coming into light and they are ugly.   We will update continually based on Congressional budget proposals and actions.  

The Budget Cuts Series continues an examination of the White House proposed budget cuts to uncover some critical underreported defunding proposals.  We will later update based on Congressional budget proposals and actions.  This post examines the Legal Services Corporation ("LSC"), also known as Legal Aid.