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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

In a letter to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, the president’s budget director, Russel Vought, laid out $163 billion in annual spending cuts coupled with “unprecedented increases” in military and border security spending. The cuts, Vought wrote, are directed at areas of spending that the administration found to be “contrary to the needs of ordinary working Americans and tilted toward funding niche non-governmental organizations and institutions of higher education committed to radical gender and climate ideologies antithetical to the American way of life.”

That includes $33.5 billion in proposed cuts to the Housing and Urban Development department, a 44% reduction from current levels.

So having a place to live and access to healthcare or education are "radical gender and climate ideologies antithetical to the American way of life" and "contrary to the needs of ordinary working Americans."

Republicans are insane. Kick these fascists out by any means necessary before it's too late.

[–] Valthorn@feddit.nu 8 points 11 months ago

Kick these fascists out by any means necessary before it's too late.

That's what the second amendment is for.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Love how all this cost cutting is apparently going to be redirected to our military. We don't spend nearly enough on that 🫠

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Does not surprise me. Gut science and other non-military in Federal Government..and just pay for that.

[–] psyvibe@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

More like direct to military contractors like Palantir.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah I saw that part of the Reconcilliation bill they're allotting $45B to build facilities to house 100,000 deportees, or $450,000 per person. They're cutting all useful services so that they can take our tax dollars and give it to their friends who give a cut back in "donations" or $1,000,000 a plate dinners at Trump's lair.

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Being homeless in The USA is illegal.

Which I suppose now means all these people can technically be deported as criminals.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The progression is:

1 go to school.
2 graduate.
3 go to university.
4 get into so much debt
5 start working to repay.
6 the government makes you a criminal artificially.
7 die in prison.