Many people today think that the president should be able to have complete control over the rest of the executive branch. However, with the vast scope of government functions today that is almost an impossibility. President Trump’s new proposed budget, not only shows some of the main functions of a government, but shows how there is disagreement on what separate departments feel is best for them. Through the discrepancies of the various departments one can also see that there are a variety of agencies some of which are closely tied to the government while others are not. Overall, one can see that through Trump’s proposed budget the vast scope of the government and the variety of opinions there are throughout of entirety of it. According to
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Through this he could exempt costs from veterans benefits and other agencies, but the White House has signaled that cuts would start with the EPA, IRS and some social safety-net programs. The article suggests that the plan will not pass in Congress, because of the amounts of domestic cuts as well as the failure to balance the budget. However, if the budget does not pass, then Trump would have to wait even longer to fulfill his promise to rewrite America’s tax code. White House officials make it clear that Trump’s budget make it clear that his ultimate goal is to support his campaign …show more content…
Trump and other Republican’s do however consider that much of the EPA’s support comes from state-level programs, which is why last year they only suggested a $291 million decrease. Of course this proposed plan, did not sit well with environmental activists and they said not only would it devastate the environment, but also human health because the EPA helps provide some Americans with clean drinking water. As for how this article relates to class, I would suggest that it involves two of the four core functions of government. One major function of a government is to manage money, including revenues and spending, which seems to be the major discussion of this article with Trump trying to determine how to spend the money the United States has with tax cuts and getting rid of potential revenue. Trump’s major plan is to bolster the national defense, another main function of a government, by committing an extra $54 billion dollars to defense
Through this he could exempt costs from veterans benefits and other agencies, but the White House has signaled that cuts would start with the EPA, IRS and some social safety-net programs. The article suggests that the plan will not pass in Congress, because of the amounts of domestic cuts as well as the failure to balance the budget. However, if the budget does not pass, then Trump would have to wait even longer to fulfill his promise to rewrite America’s tax code. White House officials make it clear that Trump’s budget make it clear that his ultimate goal is to support his campaign …show more content…
Trump and other Republican’s do however consider that much of the EPA’s support comes from state-level programs, which is why last year they only suggested a $291 million decrease. Of course this proposed plan, did not sit well with environmental activists and they said not only would it devastate the environment, but also human health because the EPA helps provide some Americans with clean drinking water. As for how this article relates to class, I would suggest that it involves two of the four core functions of government. One major function of a government is to manage money, including revenues and spending, which seems to be the major discussion of this article with Trump trying to determine how to spend the money the United States has with tax cuts and getting rid of potential revenue. Trump’s major plan is to bolster the national defense, another main function of a government, by committing an extra $54 billion dollars to defense