Make sure nobody knows what is happening in the oceans

[Matted Joybeard]

Then it should be easy for trump to cut just a measly $1 billion from the bloated non defense budget and give it to the ocean monitoring system to keep it afloat.

Or he just pay his taxes.

 

[Concerned American]

Or he just pay his taxes.

Linkie.

 

[22lcidw]

I have to agree with you here because it is a necessary project that needs to be maintained, while the same administration wants to increase their defense budged by another $500 BILLION for wanting to be a bigger bully on the world now at 1.5 TRILLION level where we have only one possible enemy in the world who might attack our homeland.

The Satellite climate/weather program is also being under supported as they have several old and badly drifting satellites that needs to be replaced NOW!

Why can't they place satellites on top of the polar regions for better coverage.

And if that bully China becomes top dog, we will be much poorer. We do like our free stuff.

 

[Sunsettommy]

And if that bully China becomes top dog, we will be much poorer. We do like our free stuff.

China will never try to invade us as they built their military for their region of the world and for their national defense and they do it with far less money too.

 

[Concerned American]

China will never try to invade us as they built their military for their region of the world and for their national defense and they do it with far less money too.

China has already invaded the US and Canada.

 

[initforme]

LOL, you are aware that the nation is $39T in debt. Cuts need to be made.

The more people are told about the debt the less they believe it. Let's start cuts in programs that help commerce and big business.

 

[Concerned American]

The more people are told about the debt the less they believe it. Let's start cuts in programs that help commerce and big business.

Sure, thats a recipe for disaster. Apparently, you don't have any idea what ROI is either.

 

[ding]

Pennies compared to the subsidies paid out to the fossil fuel companies.

When did taking less taxes because of capital investments become known as subsidies? By that logic the standard tax deduction for all Americans is a subsidy.

The definition of a "subsidy" used by the U.S. government since 1974 is not a universally accepted truth; it is a specific policy framework, and critics argue it is fundamentally flawed.

My argument aligns perfectly with classical economic and free-market theories, such as those championed by the Cato Institute and various legal scholars. Under this view, a subsidy requires an affirmative financial transfer from the public treasury to a private entity.

• Direct Spending: Paying a farmer not to grow crops, or giving cash bailouts to an unprofitable airline, meets this definition. Money changes hands.
• Tax Relief: Allowing a company to keep more of its own earned income through tax deductions—whether for capital investments or everyday expenses—is not a subsidy because the government never owned that money to begin with.
• The Critique: Under this view, calling a tax break a "subsidy" relies on the logic that 100% of all private revenue belongs to the state, and anything you are allowed to keep is a government handout.