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applegrove

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Mon Mar 11, 2019, 06:50 PM Mar 2019

False Trump numbers:

https://mobile.twitter.com/CenterOnBudget/status/1105216698230206464

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The Administration claims that the #TrumpBudget cuts non-defense discretionary program (NDD) funding “by 5%,” but this is inaccurate. 1/6

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In reality, the #TrumpBudget cuts non-defense discretionary programs by 9% without adjusting for inflation, or 11% if inflation is taken into account, compared with 2019 funding levels. 2/6

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The Administration has confused the depth of its cuts by using different figures in different places and in one case comparing apples and oranges. 3/6

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