Here's the breakdown. The way I read this has three main basic meanings:
1.) The obvious - trump (oooooops goebbels-bannon) continues to send the message that the trump & goebbels-bannon (g-b) regime intends to, appear at the least, and be, at the most, a militaristic administration. They seem to understand that money is not limitless, so they are gutting other services that we, the American people, want, need and pay for to fund a large military build up. As I have said many times, this is looking and continues to look like Germany in the 1930s.
2.) The not quite as obvious - trump and g-b have made their proposed budgetary cuts extremely severe to give themselves negotiating room with Congress. They know that this budget will not pass through Congress the way they have presented it. The real dollar targets are different, but the basic picture remains the same.
3.) Because of this cynical pre-negotiation stance they are taking, they plan to distract from their secondary goal, which they have constructed to feed their primary goal. They want to drastically reduce spending on domestic programs (which means that America is not first in his mind at all). They want to take money away from agencies like The Environmental Protection Agency, The Department of Agriculture, The Labor Department, Health and Human Services, Education and Housing and Urban Development to fund this military build up. The proposed cuts to The State Department and The Justice Department, I believe, are the distraction tools. I do not believe that these two departments will really experience the cuts that are suggested. Although, I may be wrong. After all, these two departments are critical to America being the beacon of light, hope and justice in our country and around the world.
The point is, although this budget proposal seems clear, it is being used to distract from the real goal, that of building a militaristic nation. But to what end? 'See, look, we said we were going to cut wasteful spending for you, the tax payer'. 'See, look, we said we'd put America first and so we are increasing the military's budget to do just that, keep you secure'. The real deal is that tax payers (except the 1%) are not getting any tax break here. Somebody has to pay for this. There's no tax reduction, just a shift of where the money will go. And they're using fear to drive this shift.
trump and g-b want to make it look like they are protecting Americans with this large increase in military spending at the expense of anything that doesn't have to do with the military, to cover up what they truly are, troubled violent people. Are we really that unsafe in our country that we need the level of increases in military spending that they have proposed? I don't see it that way. Why do they really want this military build up. I don't know, but again, it sure looks like 1930s Germany to me.
So, here it is. The basic budget that d.j[ackass] has presented. Make of it what you will.
trump and g-b want to make it look like they are protecting Americans with this large increase in military spending at the expense of anything that doesn't have to do with the military, to cover up what they truly are, troubled violent people. Are we really that unsafe in our country that we need the level of increases in military spending that they have proposed? I don't see it that way. Why do they really want this military build up. I don't know, but again, it sure looks like 1930s Germany to me.
So, here it is. The basic budget that d.j[ackass] has presented. Make of it what you will.
Discretionary spending, in billions
| Agency | 2017 baseline | 2018 proposal | Change | Pct. change |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $8.20 | $5.70 | –$2.6 | –31% |
| State and other development programs | 38 | 27.1 | –10.9 | –29% |
| Agriculture | 22.6 | 17.9 | –4.7 | –21% |
| Labor | 12.2 | 9.6 | –2.5 | –21% |
| Justice | 20.3 | 16.2 | –4.0 | –20% |
| Health and Human Services | 77.7 | 65.1 | –12.6 | –16% |
| Commerce | 9.2 | 7.8 | –1.5 | –16% |
| Education | 68.2 | 59 | –9.2 | –14% |
| Transportation | 18.6 | 16.2 | –2.4 | –13% |
| Housing and Urban Development | 36 | 31.7 | –4.3 | –12% |
| Interior | 13.2 | 11.6 | –1.5 | –12% |
| Energy | 29.7 | 28 | –1.7 | –6% |
| Treasury | 11.7 | 11.2 | –0.5 | –4% |
| NASA | 19.2 | 19.1 | –0.2 | –1% |
| Veterans Affairs | 74.5 | 78.9 | +4.4 | +6% |
| Homeland Security | 41.3 | 44.1 | +2.8 | +7% |
| Defense | 521.7 | 574 | +52.3 | +10% |
Note: Numbers may not add due to rounding. Totals are shown for fiscal years, which begin in October. They reflect base budget levels for each department, which do not include supplemental money for disaster relief, emergencies or additional war spending. They do include offsetting receipts and proposed changes in mandatory programs (CHIMPS) that are used to offset discretionary spending.
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