Supply-Side Economics

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Now, in actuality, what you have is Trump trying to do what Reagan couldn't.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...rograms-403636

The budget again reflects Trump’s businessman-like commitment to shrinking the federal bureaucracy, for the first time making public the White House’s plans for trimming staff and operations across the federal government.

Those “workforce reduction” plans — which rely on hiring freezes, buyouts and stripping protections that make it easier to fire workers — are the result of nearly a year of back-and-forth between OMB and agencies. Some departments, like Education, have already starting giving workers incentives to leave, while the Agriculture Department has made clear it will only be reorganizing, not cutting employees.

Also this:

To help pay for it, Trump’s budget office has requested scraping more from other social programs, like food stamps, and proposing changes to Medicare.

The federal health program is one of the fastest-growing drivers of the national debt. To help stem that rise, Trump’s budget proposes a slew of vague reforms including improvements to “drug pricing and payment policies” and “government-imposed provider burdens.”

Last year, Medicare was mentioned just 10 times in Trump’s budget. This year, the program is mentioned more than 100 times.

I think this is the right approach. Entitlement programs - along with most every other area of the gov't budget - grows every year. Does it make sense to think that we'll still need the same level of fund for these programs in the face of low unemployment and rising wages? I think not.

Of course, even suggesting this will make the left scream like stuck pigs.