The budget proposed by the President includes cuts to many important programs. The only acceptable cuts are to the Military Strategic Defense (nuclear) funding by unilaterally reducing warhead count (only 50 can ever be used), transfer of funding for the DEA and drug law enforcement to medical care for addicts, and elimination of subsidies for all businesses operating in multiple states.
The DoD needs an increase in funding of one billion dollars per year for repairs and upgrades required by the flooding of bases. Two billion dollars per year are required for repairs and upgrades of infrastructure due to our changing climate (including new water storage, aquifer injection, and better-designed flood control).
Funding for Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security must be Increased by 10% as a start toward restoring past cuts. Before Medicare can be expanded to cover more people, compensation to providers must be increased by 30%.
Farms were hard hit this year (both by the president's trade policies and by flooding), and small farmers (those operating in only one state) need no-interest loans to bridge them over the next two years. Priority must be given to farmers who are converting to no-till farming with drip irrigation (a two year, topsoil saving project).
Funding for the National Flood Insurance forgiveness and doubled funding for floodplain mapping are required because of our changing climate. FEMA is not qualified to perform floodplain mapping - supervision must be transferred to the NOAA.
Funding for all scientific and intelligence agencies must be restored to 2016 levels, with a 6% inflation increase. Homeland Security needs an increase in funding to increase monitoring of publicly available social media content and communication addressing (Project Thin Wire) for signs of impending domestic violence, workplace violence, school violence, and suicide (all to be reported to local authorities), and domestic terrorism.
Funding must be authorized for proper housing and care for immigrants detained for lack of a visa. By law, they must be treated as asylum-seekers until a court decrees otherwise. All detainees without a felony warrant must be kept in dormitory-style housing with real beds and bathroom privacy. All detainees are eligible for Medicaid and must be provided with a medical examination and medical care. All detained minors must be monitored by state Children's Services and must receive public school education. All detainees are entitled to an attorney with a caseload no larger than the prosecutors. All detainees must receive an English Immersion language education.
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