Show me the money

Memos from the Department of Homeland Security show President Trump's plans for enforcing immigration laws.  Note that, "while the memos don't detail the financial resources that will be needed to implement Trump's orders, they do mention the hiring of 10,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and 5,000 Customs and Border Protection agents."

Trump is also adamant about building the Great Wall Against Mexico, even though the "estimated cost would be at least $15 billion, according to the analysts, and possibly as much as $25 billion."

He'd also like to spend $550 billion on infrastructure projects.

With all this, the Trump administration would love to pass massive tax cuts.  But there's this little problem:  Tax cuts could " . . . exacerbate Republicans’ looming budget problem: Trump wants to cut taxes, hike military spending, fund a massive infrastructure package and build a border wall — proposals that all cost a lot of money. It’s unclear how Republicans would pay for these items without adding to the nearly $19 trillion debt."

Spending increases coupled with tax reductions?  Are they serious?


Sigh.  Been there, blogged that.