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Trump's budget proposals always include big cuts to CDC's budget. After recent criticism of this, the administration said it is just a negotiation opening tacti
by belltaco 7y ago
Trump's budget proposals always include big cuts to CDC's budget. After recent criticism of this, the administration said it is just a negotiation opening tactic.
i.e Basically, "Hey democrats, if you want more funds to fight pandemics to stop us all from dying, you gotta give us something else, like even bigger increases to the military budget and Space Force, or even more tax cuts to companies".
There used to be a pandemic specialist on the National Security Council, that position has been cut. Not to mention other positions.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/
Can you address these facts from Trump's perspective instead of just taking cheap shots at the media?
- vanniv 7y agoWasting karma trying to respond to every Orange Man Bad that someone can dream up is not a particularly good use of my energy. Go on believing he is the most evil man in all of human history of you like.
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- masonic 7y agoThis Snopes article, in fact, contradicts you. Quoting: "funding for the CDC’s global disease outbreak prevention efforts had been reduced by 80%, including funding for the agency’s efforts in China. But that was the result of the anticipated depletion of previously allotted funding, not a direct cut by the Trump administration.