The Trump administration's fiscal year 2020 budget plan, which it released on Monday, will influence Congress about as much as the administration's previous two budgets did, which is to say not at all.
That does mean it is entirely bereft of good ideas. The administration has offered up entitlement spending reductions totaling more than $2.2 trillion over ten years. Entitlement programs are growing faster than the rest of the budget, and have been for many years. It is essential for Congress and the president to get these programs under better control. In a less polarized environment, some of the budget's more sensible reforms might get bipartisan consideration in Congress.
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