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634-5789

(4,678 posts)
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:52 AM Yesterday

America's child Rapist is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following:

$510 million - Grants for farmers and agricultural research
$82 million - Loans for rural small businesses (Fully eliminated)
$61 million - Support for farmers and food markets (Fully eliminated)
$240 million - School meals and food education for children abroad (Fully eliminated)
$659 million - Community building grants
$47 million - Support for minority-owned businesses (Fully eliminated)
$449 million - Economic development grants for communities
$1.6 billion - Weather forecasting, fisheries, and coastal protection (NOAA)
$993 million - Scientific research and technology standards
$150 million - Support for American exports and trade
$2.2 billion - Broadband and internet access programs
$8.5 billion - Funding for public schools
$1.5 billion - Vocational training and adult education (Fully eliminated)
$2.7 billion - College access and higher education support
$15.2 billion - Roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects
$1.1 billion - Home energy efficiency and clean energy programs (Fully eliminated)$1.7 billion - Grants for local law enforcement and public safety
$20 million - Civil rights mediation and legal access programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.6 billion - Job training for at-risk youth (Fully eliminated)
$395 million - Jobs program for low-income seniors (Fully eliminated)
$234 million - Worker safety and labor protection programs
$1.1 billion - Scientific research funding
$386 million - Environmental cleanup programs
$150 million - Cutting-edge clean energy research
$4 billion - Help paying home heating and cooling bills for low-income families (Fully eliminated)
$768 million - Refugee resettlement assistance
$819 million - Care and shelter for migrant children
$775 million - Local anti-poverty programs (Fully eliminated)
$5 billion - Public health programs, mental health services, and disease prevention
$5 billion - Medical research (NIH)
$129 million - Healthcare quality and safety research
$356 million - Emergency preparedness and disaster response
$1.3 billion - FEMA community disaster preparedness grants
$707 million - Cybersecurity protection for critical infrastructure
$52 million - Airport and transportation security
$40 million - Protection against chemical and biological weapons threats
$53 million - Funding for homeland security operations
$3.3 billion - Community development block grants for local neighborhoods (Fully eliminated)
$1.3 billion - Affordable housing construction grants (Fully eliminated)
$393 million - Programs to reduce homelessness
$529 million - Housing assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS (Fully eliminated)
$489 million - Housing and services for Native American communities
$50 million - Grants to help communities build more housing (Fully eliminated)
$60 million - Enforcement of fair housing and anti-discrimination laws
$58 million - Homebuyer and renter counseling services (Fully eliminated)
$45 million - Renewable energy development programs (Fully eliminated)
$101 million - Enforcement of equal pay and workplace anti-discrimination laws
$46 million - Programs to combat child labor and forced labor abroad
$2 billion - International humanitarian aid
$1.2 billion - Food aid for hungry families abroad (Fully eliminated)
$4.3 billion - Global health and disease prevention programs
$2.7 billion - Funding for the United Nations and international partnerships
$642 million - International economic and treasury programs
$315 million - Democracy and anti-corruption programs abroad
$486 million - Grants for public transit projects
$4.2 billion - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure
$372 million - Airline service for rural and small communities
$145 million - Grants for sustainable and equitable infrastructure
$204 million - Loans and investment for underserved communities
$1.4 billion - IRS taxpayer services and enforcement
$100 million - Air pollution monitoring and reduction programs (Fully eliminated)
$1 billion - EPA grants to states for environmental protection
$2.5 billion - Clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funds
$90 million - Grants to reduce diesel pollution (Fully eliminated)
$3.4 billion - NASA space and earth science research
$297 million - NASA technology innovation programs
$1.1 billion - International Space Station operations
$143 million - STEM education programs
$309 million - Small business development and entrepreneurship programs
$170 million - Small Business Administration operations
$158 million - Loans for small businesses

Good thing Congress isn't alive to see this.

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America's child Rapist is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following: (Original Post) 634-5789 Yesterday OP
Will you please cite your source? ariadne0614 Yesterday #1
Project 2025 and sure looks like it blue blues Yesterday #4
It appears the list was created from government sources, possibly by the Redditor. quaint Yesterday #7
I found it! EuterpeThelo Yesterday #8
Your last line says it all. We're so screwed. Vinca Yesterday #2
All so he can bring us more pointless wars TheFarseer Yesterday #3
This was on Reddit and I got flagged for hate speech when I wrote Javaman Yesterday #5
A friend on regular Medicare was told DownriverDem Yesterday #6
KNR and bookmarking. niyad Yesterday #9
STEM education funds NJCher Yesterday #10

ariadne0614

(2,175 posts)
1. Will you please cite your source?
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 07:02 AM
Yesterday

I don’t doubt that every word could be true, bit without a source, I am not willing to share the information beyond this OP.

TheFarseer

(9,778 posts)
3. All so he can bring us more pointless wars
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 07:19 AM
Yesterday

Marco Rubio said recently “Imagine if Iran spent their money on the people instead of weapons what a great place it could be” (paraphrased). They are so close to getting it!

Javaman

(65,738 posts)
5. This was on Reddit and I got flagged for hate speech when I wrote
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 08:41 AM
Yesterday

Borrowing from Paul never to pay Peter

lol

DownriverDem

(7,015 posts)
6. A friend on regular Medicare was told
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 08:49 AM
Yesterday

to get a Medicare Advantage Plan this year. When she asked why she was told you never know what trump will do to Medicare. I have been on a Medicare Advantage Plan since I was as able to get one. Folks attacked me which has really bugged me.

NJCher

(43,204 posts)
10. STEM education funds
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 09:50 AM
Yesterday

If this goes through ( which I personally doubt that it will), my job would be gone because part of my salary comes from stem education funds.

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