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I'm a little sorry to say this, but with the debt as high as it is deep cuts have to be made. There also can be no sacred cows, so as much as I dislike cuts to "things I like" I recognize we need to take drastic measures.
cutting the forest service doesn't hurt my feelings, fire money is a cash cow that is so mis managed its unreal . I know i have recieved lottsa of it and didn't earn hardly any of it, I was just one of thousands. They have some sort of oligist for everything know to man. Go back to being a revenue generating agency and I will be supportive of them like I used to be.
I'm a little sorry to say this, but with the debt as high as it is deep cuts have to be made. There also can be no sacred cows, so as much as I dislike cuts to "things I like" I recognize we need to take drastic measures. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk
Quote from: Special T on May 23, 2017, 03:13:11 PMI'm a little sorry to say this, but with the debt as high as it is deep cuts have to be made. There also can be no sacred cows, so as much as I dislike cuts to "things I like" I recognize we need to take drastic measures. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using TapatalkBut thats not really the case with this budget. there are plenty of sacred cows (homeland security, VA, DOD) that not only didn't get cut in the proposal but instead got increases. As a veteran, I can strongly say that the military does not spend money efficiently. A drastic measure would be holding agencies accountable for every penny they spend, instead of saying "the only way to fix our military is to throw more money at it!" I understand we have issues with our budget and there is waste in the government. I think most people agree with that position. But if we are concerned with balancing our budget and removing wasteful spending, shouldn't we be as critical of 550 billion as we are of 13 billion?? Shouldn't we be more critical because if the margin is the same its still a better return?My analogy: Its like stealing from your kids' piggy bank to pay the heating bill but never bothering to weatherstrip or seal your windows or put on a sweater. You're just going to keep burning up that small money to pay the bill without attacking the problem at its root.Eventually that little piggy bank goes empty and since you didn't fix the problem to begin with, now you've got 50 other broken things in your house.
The White House released it's proposed 2018 federal budget. Here are things of note for outdoorsmen:US Fish and Wildlife Service-Eliminates the US Fish & Wildlife Service Sportsmen and Recreational Access program. This program purchases land which then opens federal National Wildlife Refuges to new or expanded fishing/hunting activities. Essentially, the land is purchased solely for these new opportunities. This is elimination saves about $2.5 million dollars-Eliminates purchasing lands for National Wildlife Refuges. Saves about $36 million dollars-Reduce a little over half a million dollars from USFWS Federal Wildlife Officers (uniformed game wardens) but no reduction in staffing-Reduce $1.5 million from the USFWS Office of Law Enforcement (Detectives) which includes 5 Special Agent positions-9.5% cut total to the US Fish & Wildlife ServiceNational Park Service-10% cut to the National Park ServiceForest Service-Technically the National Forest System would see an increase in funding of $240 million, BUT this is because Trump proposes moving wildland fire from it's own program under the US Forest Service to a program under the National Forest System. Realistically, the National Forest System would see a 7.5% cut from current funding.-89% decrease in the funding for purchasing new lands for National Forests
Quote from: bigtex on May 23, 2017, 02:41:48 PMThe White House released it's proposed 2018 federal budget. Here are things of note for outdoorsmen:US Fish and Wildlife Service-Eliminates the US Fish & Wildlife Service Sportsmen and Recreational Access program. This program purchases land which then opens federal National Wildlife Refuges to new or expanded fishing/hunting activities. Essentially, the land is purchased solely for these new opportunities. This is elimination saves about $2.5 million dollars-Eliminates purchasing lands for National Wildlife Refuges. Saves about $36 million dollars-Reduce a little over half a million dollars from USFWS Federal Wildlife Officers (uniformed game wardens) but no reduction in staffing-Reduce $1.5 million from the USFWS Office of Law Enforcement (Detectives) which includes 5 Special Agent positions-9.5% cut total to the US Fish & Wildlife ServiceNational Park Service-10% cut to the National Park ServiceForest Service-Technically the National Forest System would see an increase in funding of $240 million, BUT this is because Trump proposes moving wildland fire from it's own program under the US Forest Service to a program under the National Forest System. Realistically, the National Forest System would see a 7.5% cut from current funding.-89% decrease in the funding for purchasing new lands for National Forests I've not dove into this too much yet but answer me this if you can, are these cuts in increases, as are most of his proposed "budget cuts" the D"s are loosing their collective minds over again, while keeping the uniformed liberal voter base in the dark......or are these actual cuts in existing funding/staffing with no/zero increase in budget?
There also can be no sacred cows
