Category Archives: Office of management and budget
The Zealous Pursuit Of State-Sponsored Collapse
Authored by EconomicPrism's MN Gordon via Acting-Man.com, When Bakers Go Fishing Government intervention into a nation’s economy is as foolish as attempting to control the sun’s rise and fall by law or force. But that doesn’t mean governments don’t meddle each and every day with the best – and worst – of intentions. The United […]
Trump Budget Cuts Hit As State Department Imposes New Hiring Freeze
In an effort to support President Trump’s plans to cut the State Department budget by about one-third in fiscal year 2018, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has imposed a new freeze on hiring. As a reminder, President Trump instigated an across-the-board hiring freeze in his first days as President, then lifted it in April in […]
Trump Preparing Executive Order On Drug Prices; Spec Pharma Stocks Slide To One Month Lows
Specialty pharma stocks are dropping – again – on news that the Trump administration is preparing an executive order – again – targeting lower U.S. drug costs. Bloomberg reports that the order addressing the sensitive campaign issue could come within weeks and has been largely left out of Republican legislative efforts in Congress, until now. […]
Trump Targets Food Stamps With Proposed Fee On Retailers
Trump’s proposal to overhaul the U.S. food stamp program, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as it’s currently known, has brought with it a widely overlooked fee that could end up costing food retailers billions. Per MSN: That provision is a new fee that the White House wants to charge retailers that accept food […]
President Trump Continues to Troll the Left Over Inaugural Crowd Size
For reasons beyond the scope of rational thinking, during confirmation hearings today for The Office of Management and Budget, Senator Jeff Merkley, shill from Oregon, produced a photograph from Obama’s 2008 inauguration and compared it to a sparsely populated Trump one — which was taken in the morning before the crowd had filled in, and […]
A Look At Trump’s First Monday In Office: Executive Orders, Meetings, Cabinet Votes And More
As Donald Trump himself tweeted on Monday morning… Busy week planned with a heavy focus on jobs and national security. Top executives coming in at 9:00 A.M. to talk manufacturing in America. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2017 … the president’s first official day on the job will be busy, including a meeting […]