How much control does Trump have though?Hey...didn't you say Trump intervened in that process just one post before? So...since you're so adament on hammering on that point, shouldn't he have been removed from office right now?
But meh...I'll forego your personal insults, diversion and attempt that your opinion outweighs news channels and go along with it because on a ground level you're certainly right. It's the house who passes legislations and assign money, and since democrats hold the majority, you can correctly pin it on them.
But really: that only works if they can oversee it being handled well. If @Xzi is right and Trump overrides the oversight, then that "controls the purse PERIOD" thing is moot. My guess is that you'll disagree, which is okay (this is a forum after all), but before you make it personal about me as well...can we at least agree that IF @Xzi is correct, then the entire criticism from the OP is valid?
@Foxi4 : I know that's what it says, but is that really the plan? From my recollection, US already has quite a low overhead, and all these tax cuts Trump imposed (irrelavant of who benefitted the most) didn't help. If this all comes down to "okay, guys: because of this situation it's okay if y'all pay a total of 2 trillion dollars LESS than normal", will the government be able to afford it? Meaning: does the USA collect over 2 trillion dollars in taxes in the first place?
(note: I always assumed the easy - but on the long run dangerous - solution: print extra money. It helps everyone in the short run, though it might undermine the position of the dollar in the long run)
In 2019 he proposed a 1 billion dollar cut to the CDC but Congress didn't allow it to happen. They instead increased the CDC budget to 260 million.
In 2020 he proposed another cut of 750 million which is also a bad idea like the 2019 proposal and again Congress wouldn't let him have it. They then countered his proposal by instead increasing the budget to 420 million rather then decreasing it.
So when it involves money how much control does Trump have? Because it has to pass Congress, they are the checks and balances to bad idea's and have countered his bad idea's.
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