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List of Cuts Mentioned by Trump

I made a list of cuts mentioned by Trump during his address to Congress and The Nation. I also made a neat little comparison of dollars at the end.

Million(s)Description
$45International school scholarships (labeled DEI) - [International Relations]
$40Some kind of international social services? - [International Relations]
$8Promoting international LGBTQ+? Is this research funding or international relations? - [International Relations]
$60Indigenous people in central america? Like, international relations? - [International Relations]
$8Making mice transgender? Like, research? - [Research]
$32Some kind of left wing propaganda operation in buldova? - [Spy Shit]
$10Promoting male circumcision in MoseHamBeak? idk - [Weird] [International Relations]
$3.5Consulting contract for fish monitoring? Like, research? - [Research]
$1.5Voter confidence in Liberia? Like, trying to help them secure a democracy? - [International Relations]
$14Social coheasion in Mahli? - [International Relations] [Spy Shit]
$59Illegal alien hotels in New York. idk - [Yeah, Alright]
$42Increase vegan local climate action innovation in Zambia? - [What?]
$14Social and behavior changes in Ughanda? Is this more research funding and is it ethical? - [idk] [Research]
$47Improving public procurement in Serbia? [Spy Shit]
$101DEI contracts at the Department of Education? [American Investment Cuts]
$            99,000 - National Median Income is less than $100 thousand.
$         1,000,000 - 1 Million Dollars.
$       485,000,000 - Cut Funds to International Relations and whatever.
$     1,000,000,000 - 1 Billion Dollars. There are over 400 Billionaires in America.
$    22,000,000,000 - Cut Funds to American Social Serivces through HHS (Human & Health Services).
$   244,000,000,000 - Elon Musks Net Worth.
$ 1,620,000,000,000 - 1 Trillion Dollars - Meta (Facebooks) Corporate Net Worth.
$19,900,000,000,000 - The U.S. National Debt in Jan 2017 (Obama to Trump)
$27,800,000,000,000 - The U.S. National Debt in Jan 2021 (Trump to Biden)
$36,000,000,000,000 - The U.S. National Debt in Jan 2025 (Biden to Trump)

Any details about the cut international funding and research? What were your thoughts from the address overall?

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lemmy.world

What they really ought to do is increase the legal minimum wage to match up with the rate of inflation. But no, there was no mention of that whatsoever...

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Treczoksreply
lemmy.world

Increasing the minimum wage would damage corporate profits. I don't think you will see this happening under Trump.

What I can see happening under Trump is abolishing minimum wage altogether. That would totally fit his and his parties agenda.

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over_cloxreply
lemmy.world

That's a disturbing thought, but given the state of the current shitshow, that sadly sounds about right.

Don't give them any ideas though..

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MortUSreply
lemmy.world

I wonder if that would drive people out of Red States and into Blue States that have an actual economy. Though, I guess if that happens we'd probably see the reinstating of Child Labour...

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Trump and Elon would probably kill minimum wage at federal level to put an end to the discussion.

And reinstating child labour will just extend the target population to drive the price of work down, so you can expect that, too.

While you are at it, wave goodbye to unions, too. Who needs pesky workers rights?

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You're right, the federal minimum wage hasn't increased in 15 years.

$7.50

That's still the baseline minimum wage for 20 of our States. Why isn't that a more talked about conversation?

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