Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EightYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EightYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreYouBetterOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AreYouBetterOff</span></a></p><p>February 27, 2017 – In his first budget proposal, Donald Trump boosted defense and security spending by $54 billion. </p><p>He proposed slashing the budget for non-defense spending in areas like education, science, poverty programs, and environmental protection by almost the same amount.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ImpeachTrumpNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachTrumpNow</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansDidThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansDidThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeirdGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeirdGOP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>