On the page previous to this, one can find the new budget I have created with a budget cut of $1 billion. I have cut my budget of $200 billion to $199 billion by cutting $57 million from the military, $22 million from food and agriculture, $14 million from transportation, and lastly $7 million from energy and environment. Each one of these cuts were made strategically, with a logical reasoning behind them.
Within the military budget, I have cut $57 million. A majority of this cut comes from the cancelling of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program was established to work on a high level defense plane, The F-35 Lightning. The project is expected to cost $1.5 trillion over a span of 55 years (Ehley 2). By canceling this program, the United States could cut roughly 37 million dollars from the total federal budget. I have decided to cut it because currently within the project, the airplane has faced multiple issues with its engine and also has never been used in combat. In addition, there are further alternatives to the F-35 Lightning, including other advanced planes such as the F-16 and F/A-18 (Ehley 3).
Also in the military sector, my budget calls for another cut of $20 million. The plan proposed to allow this cut is bringing in …show more content…
By eliminating federal subsidies from AMTRAK and other intercity railways, the U.S. could cut $14 million from their budget. The reasoning behind this includes that federal subsidies tend to go to costly, unnecessary services of train transportation including sleeper class services and many long distance routes (Ehley 2). Money that goes to services like these have little public benefit, being put in place for customer’s convenience rather than reducing traveling congestion on the nation’s roads and highways. In addition, by eliminating federal subsidies this would force AMTRAK, especially, to become more efficient and profitable (Ehley
Within the military budget, I have cut $57 million. A majority of this cut comes from the cancelling of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program was established to work on a high level defense plane, The F-35 Lightning. The project is expected to cost $1.5 trillion over a span of 55 years (Ehley 2). By canceling this program, the United States could cut roughly 37 million dollars from the total federal budget. I have decided to cut it because currently within the project, the airplane has faced multiple issues with its engine and also has never been used in combat. In addition, there are further alternatives to the F-35 Lightning, including other advanced planes such as the F-16 and F/A-18 (Ehley 3).
Also in the military sector, my budget calls for another cut of $20 million. The plan proposed to allow this cut is bringing in …show more content…
By eliminating federal subsidies from AMTRAK and other intercity railways, the U.S. could cut $14 million from their budget. The reasoning behind this includes that federal subsidies tend to go to costly, unnecessary services of train transportation including sleeper class services and many long distance routes (Ehley 2). Money that goes to services like these have little public benefit, being put in place for customer’s convenience rather than reducing traveling congestion on the nation’s roads and highways. In addition, by eliminating federal subsidies this would force AMTRAK, especially, to become more efficient and profitable (Ehley