OMB Director Mike Mulvaney has become the Trump administration's point person on the federal budget. Just a few weeks ago he was spending a lot of his time telling us that the White House didn't want to “waste” taxpayers money on programs that don't work. For example, that is the reason he gave for reducing funds to the Community Development Block Grant program, which includes things like Meals on Wheels and after-school programs. He also said, “We are not spending money on climate change anymore. We view it as a waste of your money.”
You'd think that he would use the flip side of that argument for things the Trump administration wants to spend money on. And yet when asked about Congressional support for funding the president's border wall, he said that GOP leadership was on board because “they know it's a priority for the president.” In other words, Trump made a campaign promise and now it's time to pony up the money for it, regardless of whether or not it works.
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