Bombs Over Bread: What the 2027 Budget Will Cost You
Trump is pitching a $1.5 Trillion Military budget. It comes at your expense.
Trump: “You Are Not The Priority”
When you make a shopping list, it’s commonly ordered by things you must have versus the things that are nice to have.
Of late, millions of Americans are forced to push “must haves” in the “nice to have” category, which reflects the financial squeeze everyone’s experiencing, just as much as it shows your priorities.
The same is true for how the government spends your money, because that’s exactly what their budget is. Your money. Especially since corporations pay diddly-squat to keep the country afloat.
In 2027, their list of priorities includes a lot of things. None of them is “you.”
He’s not thinking about you putting food on the table, maintaining social programs, infrastructure, or anything else domestically measurable and in the interest of the American taxpayer. Trump’s looking to expand military spending to roughly $1.5 trillion while cutting deep into the programs that millions of Americans rely on every day.
Trump’s budget will increase defense spending by about 42% while reducing nondefense spending by 10 percent, or roughly $73 billion.
Wasteful, Woke, & Weaponized
In the proposal, the Trump admin expands its domestic war.
If you need it to survive, it's wasteful. If it helps your community, it's woke. If it holds them accountable, it's weaponized."
Although, when you strip away Trumpian (GOP/Heritage Foundation) propaganda language, the ones that will be hit the hardest are agriculture, education, housing, public health, infrastructure, science, environmental protection, and local development programs that support communities across the United States.
Some of the specific cuts will be to rural business loans, farmer support, school meals, community development block grants, broadband expansion, public schools, vocational training, college access, home energy assistance, refugee resettlement, public health, NIH research, FEMA preparedness grants, affordable housing construction, transit, EV charging infrastructure, EPA grants, and NASA science programs. Some of these are being greatly reduced, while too many are eliminated altogether, leaving Americans awarded with zero dollars.
The message is clear, and it will hurt you directly. According to Trump, war is the main agenda while the quality of your life doesn’t matter. Shrinking government, the administrative body that is crafted to support Americans, is of greater importance than to serve you.
We can talk about government bloat all day long, especially considering an ever-growing population. Fact is, the more people live in the USA, the more government workers it takes to support them. Also, reducing government is more than the propaganda language Trump and the GOP are selling you on. The government workers being kicked to the unemployment lines are your neighbors, friends, and those who process your passport applications. The impacts aren’t confined to those workers. You’ll bear the brunt as well. They lose their job, yours will be impacted, too. They stand in the unemployment line, unable to support the economy the way they used to, you’ll pay the price for that, too. It’s never just a linear impact, but that pain travels in concentric circles, and you’re not immune.
Also, the obvious question: if the Trump admin can find another $1.5 trillion for defense, why is the first agenda to eliminate support for farmers, students, housing, research, and public health? If you’re that hard pressed to spend on bombs over bread, why don’t they get that level of support by raising corporate taxes and taxes on the wealthy - it’s a rhetorical question. We all know the answer.
This budget is as much a spending document as it is a demonstration of their philosophy and respect for Americans. In unmistakable terms, they are telling us which parts of public life are considers essential, and which parts are considered expendable.
Below is the list of what you’ll lose in full and in-part, in ascending order:
