Trump to propose $34 billion increase in defense spending

President Trump will seek to boost defense spending by $34 billion and slash welfare programs in a budget the White House plans to propose Monday.

Trump wants to up Pentagon spending to $750 billion and put in place strict new requirements for welfare recipients, according to the Associated Press and other reports.

He’s also going to ask for border-wall funding and money to establish his proposed Space Force branch of the military.

“Obviously we’re going to disregard it,” Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Kentucky), chairman of the House Budget Committee, told the Washington Post.

Trump plans to stick to strict spending caps, which Congress imposed years ago but have been routinely flouted, according to reports.

He plans to highlight that approach as a show of fiscal discipline in his 2020 re-election strategy.

https://nypost.com/2019/03/09/trump-to-propose-34-billion-increase-in-defense-spending/

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Makes the most sense.

IT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.

BE VIGILANT.

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FILMMAKER RON HOWARD BACK IN TOWN

PARADISE, Calif. - Academy Award winning filmmaker and actor Ron Howard surprised some of the people being interviewed for his Camp Fire Documentary Thursday by stopping in on film shoots unannounced.

It is at least the third visit from Howard's "Imagine Entertainment" film crew since the first of the year.

Howard was photographed in Chico with some of the staff at CSU, Chico's North State Public Radio by University Photographer Jason Halley. KCHO's General Manager told us their reporters were being interviewed about their reporting on the destructive fire.

Former Paradise Mayor Steve "Woody" Culleton told Action News Now he was thrilled to get his picture taken with Howard, joking about how much the two look alike. Culleton was being interviewed on his property in Paradise where his home was destroyed by the fire. He and his wife are working to rebuild. He said the film crew had been there about an hour when Howard visited the set unexpectedly.

In December, the filmmaker met with school officials, teachers, students and firefighters. His mother-in-law used to live in Paradise, and he has relatives in Redding.

Howard is tentatively calling the documentary "Believe in Paradise." The film crew will be returning toward the end of March.

https://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/Film-Maker-Ron-Howard-back-in-town-506912011.html

Kinda creepy.

Wonder if the proceeds of the documentary will go to the people affected by the fire.