Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Examples:
- Eliminate the Market Access Program (MAP), a corporate welfare program that funnels taxpayer
dollars to large, profitable corporations and trade associations. Eliminating MAP would save
nearly $1 billion over five years.
- Eliminate the $500 million earmark in FY 2017 for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. The
F-35 is currently $170 billion over budget and on pace to become the most expensive weapon
system in history, including an estimated lifetime cost of $1 trillion for operation and
maintenance.
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- Cutting funds for the Community Development Block Grants (CDBGs) has bipartisan support.
Former President Obama recommended reducing funding for CDBGs because, the
demonstration of outcomes [is] difficult to measure and evaluate, and President Trumps FY
2018 budget would eliminate the grants altogether, saving $3.2 billion in one year.
- Eliminate the sugar, dairy, and peanut programs, which would collectively save $1.5 billion in
one year.
- Suspending federal land purchases would save $466 million in the first year.
- Repeal of the Davis-Bacon Act would save $512 million in one year.
- Reducing Medicare improper payments by 50 percent and increasing the use of software asset
management tools would also save taxpayers billions of dollars.
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