Trump's Budget Explained
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- I don't really know what this budget is meant to do aside from raise military spending dramatically while keeping spending almost exactly the same as it is now. It's remarkable how close they kept the actually dollar amount spent. The Bloomberg article below has the best look at some of the individual programs that are being cut.
When looking through sources you might see that different organizations have different numbers for how much has been cut. Different organizations have counted differently. Some don't include the mandatory spending in the number (mandatory spending can increase, but there's no way to stop it from increasing.)
I'm bummed about a lot of this budget. A ton of NASA's Earth Science (which is both efficient and valuable) is being scrapped. So many programs that help people who need it, especially the after-school and educational assistance programs. It will be interesting to see how the fight goes in congress.
A selection of sources I used:
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Great video, Hank, although I might add that in addition to supporting Big Bird, PBS also funds two Crash Course series each year. Without PBS, there would be no Crash Course Computer Science, Physics, U.S. Government, or Astronomy. -John
So basically the entire purpose of the Trump presidency was to bring down the Green brothers and Crash Course, which would probably impact Vidcon in some negative manner and bring the world into an age of sadness and ignorance. It all makes sense now
I didn't want to be too self-serving! Like, Crash Course is amazing but...BIG BIRD, JOHN!
NO CRASH COURSE?!?! THIS IS THE MOST STARTLING NEWS YET!
You brothers are too cute
I remember in the P4A when Big Bird said "Don't forget to be awesome!" and now feel rather sad.
The block analogy made this much easier to understand visually. As always, thank you for keeping us informed!
I almost used kitty faces instead of squares.
vlogbrothers kinda wish you had.
glowfishin1 I don't know. Then he'd be talking about cutting half a kitty face more than I'm comfortable with....
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I'm a little disappointed now, having a taste of what could have been . . .
this is hurting my stomach and I don't even live in the US
Rebekah Nunes Imagine how we feel living here right now...those of us who don't have our heads up trumps ass, anyway...hard for brain cells to survive without oxygen...
Tricia D Kieper my deepest condolences I can only hope that your country is salvageable by the end of his term.
Rebekah Nunes Tums works great, you should try them
Hazzycakes sadly, you are wrong
I mean even if you agree with his views on immigration this budget makes no sense. Taking money out of homeland security to fund military toys. Surely with those views you'd invest more in Borders and police and such, not the military.
But from my point of view and many others all that war money should be spent on health and education.
It's like looking at my hard drive and noting that massively outdated and bloated antivirus, Norton is taken up all my space, so I start deleting all my home videos and images/gifs.
What?
This is surprisingly and scarily accurate. Which is WHY ALL MUST BOW DOWN TO LINUS TORVALD'S AMAZING LINUX KER- yeah i'm just screwing around. srsly tho linux is great for security.
And all the text files that you come across. They might have valuable information in them, but they take up entire KILOBYTES of space, and that leaves no room for Norton!
Wait. They're REDUCING education??? I live on Oklahoma and our schools already dont have near enough money. Teachers can barely support themselves off of their income. The fact that there will no longer be scholarships and stuff is insane. This is a problem. Education is important because it is building the future of our country. Greeaattt
Who knows? Maybe they want an uneducated population. -_-
It's worth noting that the vast vast majority of funding for education in America is state-based. Federal funding exists partially to even out inequality between the states, and partially to pay dividends in educating or caring for young people who wouldn't otherwise have access to that.
Trash Can maybe they should cut admins and use their resources more effectively instead of complain
Trash Can sounds crazy but it is actually in their best favor to keep poor people uneducated. The less educated you are the easier you are to push propaganda on, you also have less wealth and opportunity so you can't leave. Really sad but it has been seen in many countries across history. Book burnings, not allowing certain races and sexes to get education, all that is meant to oppress people. Sorry if I sound like a conspiracy theorist, I'm really not but this is just one of those things people are too afraid to admit a lot of the time.
Trash Can Hey, at least you get some nice shiny new jets though
One problem with spending so much on the military is that your going to want to use it. I can't imagine someone investing so much money into something without getting some sort of benefit or return. What worries me is that they're cutting so much funding that supports low income families. This could drive so many young adults to seek out a military careers because of the promise of free education. The poor become foot soldiers, the wealthy stay safe and keep their kids out of harms way.
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You put into words what I've been trying to verbalize for a while
Ancient laws I'm in the active army and I don't think we need more spent on us if anything we should cut or numbers down and keep the troops that are excellent at their jobs and give them better equipment, training and more cash in their wallet. I mean hell I've been in for four years and I make so little I could qualify for food stamps lol 😂
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Dear naive Americans, if you think defense budget is increased to increase power of American army you are delusional.
Only reason you pay so much more is because of corruption on all levels of military industry (which is basically a cartel).
It's is legalized corruption but it is undoubtedly corruption.
Also, I hope you realize that increased military spending implies there is war coming.
I beg you, if you were stupid enough to unleash this horror onto the world, you should at least make it civil world before Trump makes it world war.
Kind regards, well-meaning European.
Turbo Diesel Racing You say you are well meaning, but you are speaking your message in the wrong place. Nearly everyone in this comments section did not vote for trump, I can promise you that.
So we're talkin' no more public libraries? If so, that's actually pretty heartbreaking
We're talking serious reductions in quality, and possibly some closures, at the very least. Please contact your representatives and let them know you don't want this cut!
@Zach A library is an antiquated version of the internet with much less information.
Nx2overide lol you haven't been to a library have you? Not everyone has access to the internet. Everyone has access to a public library. Libraries are incredibly important.
This is interesting how you all say this because there are plenty of public libraries in Minnesota, there is even a library just by me being built and it was funded for over 20 million and its beautiful. So I am very interested in hearing how they are closing elsewhere.
The internet can get you all the information you want. A librarian can get you the right information.
the amount of money that is spent on the military is absolutely RIDICULOUS.
Clotilde Vivier then why are we still dealing with terrorist attacks?
Increasing military spending won't cut back terrorist attacks? I swear people like you are the ones making this happen.
EvilTom I'm saying that no matter how much you spend on the military, terrorist attacks will still happen. Besides, the military's biggest priority is not terrorism at home anyways. The budget is also taking away funding from counter-terrorism forces.
-that aren't a part of the military
The US can win every conventional conflict with every potential adversary right now. But the US isn't well positioned to deal with hybrid threats, from cyberwarfare to proxy wars, like in Syria or Ukraine. A big part of dealing with these things is diplomacy rather than outright force, and right now State Department is getting cuts, Trump is antagonizing our allies, and weakening defences against Russian propaganda by calling everything fake news.
I'd just like to throw out there that if you disagree with this new budget then you should call your representatives and tell them not to support this budget, or any legislation you disagree with.
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I don't understand how the US spends so much money on medicare and medicaid but doesn't have any kind of universal health care. This isn't me being funny. I am Canadian, and I am actually really confused. I don't understand how these programs can take up such a massive part of the budget, and yet, people still pay a ton of money to get insurance. Could an American explain? :S
Honestly, I don't see why America spends so much money on its military claiming that what they have isn't enough when they have so many internal problems that could be fixed while maintaining a more modest, yet still strong military. And I seriously don't know how even rabid Trump supporters are okay with him cutting spending on anti-terrorism programs to build a wall, or putting public school funds into private schools.
artisticcrossbreed I had the same question. The American health system seems to be very ineffective. It seems like, in Germany where I came from and most other "developed" countries we can get way more out of the money we spent on health issues.
Some of it stems from not being single payer (or any off shoot of that type of system). Not having one negotiating party means that the US tends to pay for more the same equipment and pharmaceuticals than other countries. Some is administrative waste of managing an overly complex system. Since Medicare and Medicaid don't run as typical insurances where healthy people pay into and don't use as much, and they have to cover expenses of arguably the most complex cases (medically and socially), it's pretty expensive.
A lot of medicine is unreasonably expensive here, so basically any healthcare plan is going to be expensive as a result, no matter how good of a negotiator the President fancies himself.
Just like every other corporation, the healthcare businesses need to always make a profit. This is partly why healthcare is so expensive. Additionally, there are not enough healthy people to balance out our sick and terminally ill citizens so the price for healthcare is in a spiral of increasing prices as more and more people become uninsured because they don't need it. This is only a problem because with healthcare spending, many people do not have a choice at all when it comes to healthcare insurance.
wait...
so if they're cutting education, that's eliminating college scholarships from the federal government?
this means no more Pell grant?
....I won't be able to finish college under this budget!!!
KittyKatBobcat Join the military and get the college $$$$$
No. I refuse to join the war machine.
You shouldn't have to put your life on the line to get a free education. Period.
Hope this budget won't get accepted.
Actually it doesn't cut the Pell Grant: It "Safeguards the Pell Grant program by level funding the discretionary appropriation while proposing a cancellation of $3.9 billion from unobligated carryover funding, leaving the Pell program on sound footing for the next decade." In layman's terms, it will get rid of $3.9 billion the program has been allocated but hasn't yet used, but will continue funding it's activities at current levels.
KittyKatBobcat lmao
Cut the pointless military budget and enrich Americans. I am so sad that I live in America right now.
So... Move?
because it's that easy to get a job in a foreign country, get a work visa, move all of your things across borders, and set up shop. newsflash: like coming into the US, you can't just willy-nilly immigrate to another country.
NarutoCloser you do know only roughly 3.3% of the U.S gdp is spent on the military right?
furthermore for example saudi arabia spends 13.7% of their gdp on military, russia 5.4% etc.
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NarutoCloser there are drugs to make you happy
except trump has argued for lower costs and has received it for many projects. anyways, many people have jobs because of military spending: soldiers, towns that host the bases, people that work in the factories to build stuff for the military etc... also troops have free healthcare, you would think a liberal would be all over that
Just to make this perfectly clear: I clicked "like" because i like and apprechiate how Hank explains the budget in this video. If I had to show what I think of this budget my mouse button would be broken from hitting the dislike button too hard.
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Hitting the like button also makes it so more people see this video.
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How do we voice our opinion against this budget? Call our congressmen and women? Is there anything else?
I have the same question! Who do I write to express my concern about this?
We don't vote for these fucksticks in the first place. With parties so polarized and party loyalty such a big thing, writing might not do much if some of the Republicans that don't like this budget just pass it anyway.
Well they are in. How can we share our opinion?
I just don't know what else to do... Also where I'm from, most of my representatives have similar values to me anyway, so when I write to them, they're like, "I know" haha.
I wrote to my House Representive, and my two Senators, but it feels like I write to them a lot, and it feels like they are not listening.
Thanks Hank, great visualization. You saved me from having to make a video about this :)
*military takes up more than half of the budget "hey let's slash everything so we can make that bigger because it's not like we already have the largest military on the planet"
As it turns out, we don't. China and Russia have a few million more than ours. Our just out preforms.
Not to mention, to keep perpetual peace around the world, such military spending is required.
Except we have more funding than china by 450 billion dollars
A lot of that money goes into R &D, so worth. And Navy ships are expensive.
Mike503 then stop fucking making ships then
@@hithere5553 then we would be invaded and that would be the end of our great Nation
I wonder how it would be like if science, education, or environmental protection had as many blocks as military defense🤔
It would be terrible. No organization needs that much money
…except the military, of course.
It was sarcasm, but I realize that may not have been obvious.
Dom Alex Trump wouldn't be president right now
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The only good part of this plan is the increase to Veteran Affairs (VA), everything thing else is a step in the wrong direction. However, by increasing active military personnel Trump is setting the VA up for massive shortfalls in the future.
I fail to see any logic to these changes :(
I was encourage to hear that we're saving a billion dollars by not sending as many non-violent offenders to federal prison as well! But, yeah, not a ton of good ideas here...
Except that he has also made claims that he will try to reignite the war on drugs, including fighting the states that have legalized marijuana, so those prisons, which are mostly private companies, will have lots to do soon enough.
Master Therion Eh, I don't mind the Education cuts so much. Education should be a state issue. Now, the federal government should still help out the poorest areas of the country, as some states do much better than others. But I don't think shrinking Education is a bad idea in theory.
Corey Lando That is exactly what the Education Department does with that money--schools where at least 40% of the student body qualifies for free/reduced lunch receive Title I funding. This is the largest part of the Ed department's budget and is left up to individual schools to decide how to use it to best bridge the achievement gap between rich and poor students.
More soldiers = More veterans = Need More money in VA????
Rubbish next you will tell me that the wall will cost more than $15 billions+ inflation and will in all likelihood not be completed!
This is heartbreaking. And I want to understand so badly why people actually supported this. I don't want to just call people ignorant or stupid, but I really want to know what made so many think this was a good or moral idea.
The right believes that the ONLY legitimate role for the federal government is national security. In that context, drastic cuts to the State Department, EPA, CPB, NEA all make perfect sense. Sad.
Taxation for anything but security is never moral
That has at least a little bit of logic to it, but they do very little to cause the state governments to be able to provide these services for themselves, like how much of a tax they are putting dedicated to the federal budget which means that states cannot impose their own taxes to a level enough to provide the same services. And the right does an extremely poor job with making the state governments work in their own rights, like how much they oppose proportional representation (which doesn't have to be party based, STV is an effective no party yet proportional system) and the referendum.
America are the one signing all the treaty telling other country not to develop their military and nuke because they promise to protect them.
First and foremost you have to remember Trump is a business man. Jumping off from that the 2 most important things in business are how much monetary value something can bring back to you and how well protected those assets are. Trumps budget removes what could be argued as money drains with no real potential to make any significant portion back. So the main argument comes down to this: Should it be the governments job, and by extension should your tax dollars go towards, to pay for certain things, or should it be funded by the people themselves. Trump believes that its not the governments job, evidence in the budget. The long and short of my own argument is, why are we the people relying on the government to do all of this for us.
With the rise of crowdfunding sites it is easier than ever to start movements like cheaper or even entirely free private schooling, removing the necessity of government funded schooling. This same principle can be applied to research, healthcare, etc. In fact there is at least one organization I know of that was made during Obama's presidency that was at its core a group of people helping others pay for medical attention because they were against the Medicare idea.
Dude, super nice description / explanation. I wish all videos were done this perfectly concise without re-explanation and fluff.
Man, cutting the EPA and NASA really pisses me off...
NASA is getting cut by 1%. They will be fine, you'll be okay.
NASA is already only 0.46% of the budget to begin with, it needs to be raised, not cut.
NASA always had a tight budget they need to raise
Leo Peterson add in lost funding for scholarship opportunities and higher college cost... sure ... make it harder to get in a rigged system of education that's needed but needs to b changed ..
Of course they are nearly obsolete, they have no fucking funding. During the space race they had 10 times the funding.
Even as a non-American, this budget proposal is absolutely terrifying! America is known for being not-very-responsible when it comes to the environment, and a 30% decrease will only escalate that issue. America's education system is already the worst among developed countries, so I can't even imagine how much poverty will be perpetuated under the new budget. And basically eliminating ALL culture funding entirely with just a swipe of the hand is ridiculous, all to be reallocated to fighting wars and rebel groups that the United States is responsible for creating in the first place. If you tried proposing this budget in any other western country, there would not even be a debate, they would veto it instantly. The fact that this is even a possibility for America reveals a lot about the apathy American politicians have toward the well-being of their citizens.
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what part of it is propaganda
Aron en Ark >america is not so responsible. look at china biggest polluter in the world and makes america look like it takes in coal through a straw
The US doesn't have the best education system, but it's far from the worst among developed countries
rankingamerica.wordpress.com/category/education/page/2/
You know, comparing environmental standards to CHINA is a fucking low bar to clear. Plus how is lowering education budget gonna make America great in the long run?? The amount of mental gymnastics I've seen in the past few days from people still trying to shield from criticisms is absolutely mind-blowing hahahah
yeah as if college is expensive enough lets cut scholarship money
It's expensive because of scholarships and government funded education, that's arbitrarily increasing it. With this it'll go down.
kingofprussia17 I'm going to take a shot in the dark here and guess you aren't overmuch burdened with knowledge of how the public university system works.
kingofprussia17 Alright, I'll bite. How are scholarships and government funded education "arbitrarily increasing" the cost of education?
When everyone hates you, you have to have good defense
Hogan Hinkle ohmygod
ok... sure. but did we need to dump billions more into the military? was 590 billion not enough? Do you think at the previous military budget we were at risk?
yea maybe he was joking. I just can't hear tone of voice through text. Is it crazy that at a glance it looks like a serious yet short sighted statement?
Yeah, because Western Europe, East Asia (Barring China and NK), Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, etc.). Africa is in different, except for South Africa. All of Europe likes you apart from Belarus and Russia. The only regions I can really think that don't like you are Central Asia, and with a combined GDP lower than Australia you really don't have much to worry about you.
"Everyone" hates the US?
I'm gonna be honest, nothing on there sounded like a good idea
The only bad thing on there was the expansion of the military. The US spends far more on those agencies than countries in Europe do
Absolutely Braggadocious and europe is being overrun by islamic invaders and criminals so maybe we shoildn't be like them.
Joseph Penn Yes because we really "shoildn't" focus on other things, like education.....
Schäfer G. Education is being transferred to the states hence th federal cuts. Why spend money that won't go anywhere?
+Easy Mode, if you can't handle war, maybe you SHOULDN'T HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR IT. Show me a soldier who was forced to go. They fucking signed up for it they should have damn well known it was going to get messy. Killing people is your job, you think it's going to be all sunshine and marching in a pretty uniform?
I am not American so.. I don't think my opinion really matters but seeing NASA'S budget getting cut just breaks my heart..
Please America spend more money on NASA instead of your insanely overpowerd military...
and please understand that international aid actually do lot of help rather than having more nukes
Ash bro but myeh fighta jeurts
We have private enterprises like SpaceX and Blue origin in the US.
NASA is dying. *sigh*
x JayAyeWhy I think Space X is the way forward now instead of NASA but I do think we spend wayyyyy tooo much on military
This is the opposite of what we should be doing...
Some Pie yeah...it works so well for Europe, right?
Shake_N_Bake Better than it does here.
@Offline, Trump even WALKS backwards, does THAT tell you anything. ?
Thank you for this video format, Hank! I found it incredibly easy to follow and understand compared to some of your/John's other educational videos like this, in which we watch you talking and occasional large numbers and graphs flash up on to the screen for a few seconds. I know it must have taken a long time to make the visuals on this one!
So essentially to increase military spending a good amount of what the military is defending is gone?
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Not even mentioning the fact that ISIS has already been defeated in Iraq and will likely be defeated in Syria before summer, now we have a huge hunk of a military with nothing to shoot at (I'm thinking Iran, maybe even North Korea).
+CrashDavi Isis defeated Syria? No, not close at all.
+CrashDavi plus that's not the reason for the military. Its so we can have the most of the top notch equipment to deter attacks on US soil
pretty sure it's to spend incredibly large amounts of money to help make 'smaller' purchases "disappear" and try to push policy upon other areas so laws that detain and control populations are less likely to be questioned. get yourself a big enough boot and you'll never be bothered by ants again. We're all as good as dead
How the hell do you guys spend so much on defense in the first place?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ we're not even sure. One of the biggest problems with the DoD is lack of budget oversight and transparency. It's a black hole with no accountability into how the money is actually spent.
Currently the U.S. Army - the Defense Department’s largest branch - cannot account for over $6.5 TRILLION. Before lawmakers appropriate another dime to the DoD, it must first get some answers about how it is possible for the Pentagon to essentially "lose" this much money in taxpayer funds.
No one votes for this, the military industrial complex is how they take money out for themselves - They issue contracts to government connected companies for like 20 million bullets or jackets or tanks or whatever, pay way more then they are worth with tax money, and then skim some off the top.
WWII military industry broke us out of a Depression and we haven't installed brakes for some reason.
To sell to other countries.
If he really wanted a budget that put "America first" he shouldn't cut funds from America's education, America's research, and America's elderly and poor.
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Thank you for making these videos. They aren't really news videos like you normally see. A decent explanation of what important things like this budget actually are
Thanks for doing this Hank. I love it when you guys do the explain videos, looking at things from an unbiased way so that we can understand what's going on better. Thank you!
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I....I wouldn't call this unbiased. I did not do it with the intent to manipulate the truth or scare people, but I definitely come at it with a set of perspectives that shined through.
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vlogbrothers A pro-Big Bird bias is a bias for the right things, though ^_^
The EPA losing so much makes my skin crawl. In my college biology class we already have sources about climate change that just don't exist anymore because they've been deleted. I can't even imagine what is to come.
It's embarrassing...
Ashes H it's okay, Canada snagged the files for us until we have someone sane in power.
Ashes H they should have cut it entirely
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AnimeBeefRandoms Why do you think that? I'm just curious
That bit about the entire National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Service and Corporation for Public Broadcasting being cut off from funding absolutely breaks my heart.
Without these things, so much of what encourages us to be human would cease to exist.
The idea that these things seem so easily thrown away or disregarded speaks miles about the state of our society. It inches us even closer to a dystopic world.
The meer concept of moving this funding of humanity to funding of military... so much for The Land of the Free.
So don't be poor or old is the moral of the story.
Well, that is one way of putting it. I like to put it like this: "Get good at living life and stop looking for handouts".
Cannot have everyone else solve your problems. It sucks but, as the French say, 'c'est la vie'.
Shadow Force Can't wait till you get sick or old or lose your job and can't find a good one. Then let's see how your views change. It's not about what you people call "takers". It's about these rich greedy idiots continue to put people in these desperate situations to live and then call them takers, criminals, and losers. It's disgusting. You're disgusting.
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_"Can't wait till you get sick or old or lose your job and can't find a good one."_
What a terrible thing to wish...how... 'humanitarian' of you.
That said, I get sick but once a year. Little cold or flu never slow me down though. I have lost a job and I bounce back. I get good. I adapt. See, that is the thing with you people. You live in your little bubble of false reality. The world is out to kill you and you want hand outs.
Allow me to put this ways; as a Christian I stand by a noble passage: *"For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”* 2 Thessalonians 3:10
Now, as to not offend anyone with my personal beliefs, let's go to good ol' Darwinism: *"the strong survive and the weak perish"*
_"It's about these rich greedy idiots continue to put people in these desperate situations to live and then call them takers, criminals, and losers."_
Majority of the time, people do it to themselves, statistically speaking. You cannot help those who will simply not help themselves.
As for the rich profiting from this; people are willing to pay them and if you think it wrong that people are willing to pay, you should not be blaming the rich but the enablers.
_"It's disgusting. You're disgusting."_
Laughable to be sure; I am just going along with human nature. You can accept it or not, but someday reality must hit.
Your ignorance and self delusion is astounding.
Yu Row If you are referring to me, you are sadly mistaken.
I don't understand the reason behind the significant increase in defence, the U.S. already has a massive defence buedget. Also, why in the world would you cut budget for education!!!!!!!!
Zeel Patel because bombing brown people is more important than having an educated populace.
Because more money isn't often the answer to our problems. We need innovative solutions, not more money thrown at ineffective agencies.
because north korea has been threatining nuclear war recently and has the whole world on edge right now
Zeel Patel American education is shitty anyway
You're under the mistaken idea that children get properly educated in public schools. The evidence doesn't bear that conclusion. The department of Education is more interested in getting kids to pass their standardized tests than they are actually teaching them. Humans aren't machines that you can program answers into, you need to teach kids to *think*. And often that means you may not be able to measure their success on a standardized test.
The education establishment is more interested in patting themselves on the back and looking out for themselves than they are about teaching kids. That's not to say there's not plenty of excellent teachers out there. But they're part of a corrupt and self-interested system that they have no say in. The teacher's unions are the worst example of the corruption at play in the US education system. They look out for themselves first and foremost. Where is the student's union? Who's fighting for students?
Thank you for counting to a thousand a lot. Videos like these really do help the conversation around such complex topics! DFTBA.
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Thanks for this Hank! I really admire how great you are at breaking down these things to help people understand this stuff
good approach. blocks made it alot easier to understand.
The only positive I see in this budget is the increase for the VA. Bolstering programs that end Veteran homelessness and allows for better access to healthcare for Vets. So they aren't dying waiting for an appointment anymore.
Agreed.
Thought the same thing as this was going on. "Well that's a lot of shitty stuff, but at least he's increasing veteran's benefits"
Christopher V But even that will turn into a negative. By increasing the number of military personnel, you are setting the VA up for a Major downfall by them trying to keep up with said increase
+Kenny3stacks Correct. The increase to VA funding is not only not as much as how much is already needed, considering where all of that military budget increase is likely going to go (defense contractors, arms companies, being able to hire more servicemen (but not really entirely being able to "afford" them so to speak with an ineffective support system (underfunded VA) (among other things that have to make way for the priority in the Trump administration to give $$$ to defense contractors) so it's just enough to hire them at a salary without fully funded benefits), etc.), Trump's VA affairs increases are nowhere near enough to keep up with his sought-out expansion of the military.
Basically, Trump inserted extra scraps into the defense budget to make his supporters think he's doing something and "fighting for the military" and this'll probably be what'll be used in talking points ("HE'S HELPING THE VETERANS WHY CAN'T YOU SUPPORT THEM LIBERALS HATE THE MILITARY") by Republicans and Trump-aligned pundits for some time to come.
That is to say, the VA expansion isn't backed with an intention to necessarily aid veterans (nor is it actually an effective expansion should that be your goal, especially keeping his expansion of the military and potentially wars he'll seek in mind); Trump is just handing out scraps to make people think he's doing something about the problems in America while ruining everything else with regards to our budget and country.
EDIT: "The increase to VA funding is not only not* as much as how much is already needed". Accidentally missed an extra not there.
Christopher V Literally the only thing that surprised me.
"Got money for war but can't feed the poor" -Lil Yachty
Y-G-J And thats coming from a bad lyricist too
Y-G-J 2 pac said that 20 years ago
Gov got to protect you, you have to feed yourself.
AnimeBeefRandoms protect us from what? No country has the capability to invade or attack us... If your gonna bring up ISIS guess what only two attacks by terrorist where inspired by ISIS. While attacks by home grown threats make up more of the death toll then any of those two attacks.
Quoting 2pac is a good way to become a better lyricist sure...
Interesting video, thanks. I appreciate how you give the information while trying to be unbiased about it.
Great explanation Hank. Thanks.
he's also decreasing the U.S Coast Guard Budget by 13 percent even though they help a lot of people especially with cutters. its kind if sad because they are undermanned and underbudget but hopefully this plan doesn't pass
DaehanMD yeah they have already been forcing chiefs and senior chiefs to retire so they can pay newer people less. The coast guard is integral to border safety and stopping illegal drug activity but I guess that's not important? I have a feeling trump wants war if you look at what is getting funding in the military and what isnt
I heard that portion is ok - it's mostly one boat (that apparently the Cost Guard never wanted) and then a program that is overlapping with Homeland security currently. I am not defending the budget and I find it to be terrible but this might be one good cut.
Now if what I heard is incorrect feel free to correct me.
cutters?
Okay, long story short: Cutter is a type of boat (Wikipedia is your friend) that - among other functions, such as a fishing vessel - lend it's name to the US Revenue Cutter Service (former Revenue Marine, now part of Coast Guard). Because of that tradition, US Coast Guard boats are still called Cutter, no matter the actual type of boat.
Damn ! That's a good point. What I love about videos like this is that they help me to understand what questions I should ask. Otherwise things like the budget are waaaaaay too big for my pea brain to get a handle on. It's a teaching aid instead of a reference book
I loved the graphics in this video! They were super helpful in terms of visualizing and understanding what's going on right now with the budget: I always have trouble conceptualizing numbers in the billions and truly seeing differences from before and after. Great video, Hank!
Thank you, Hank. This is a great video!
Our whole family appreciated this. Thank you, Hank!!
yeah lets cut on education!! because that's something americans certainly dont need.
This could just be hinting at less public schools and an increase in private/charter schools which isn't necessarily bad. Especially for those who believe "leave it to the states".
Because everyone can afford private schools...
TitoRag if you cut taxes such as those that go to education, then yes, some may. I dont advocate it, but that's the case behind it
If that is what it takes to guaranteed a republicunt one party system.
Jesus Christ, >implying we didn't have an exact mirrior 8 years ago
How in the hell is this "America First" if he's gonna cut everything that America needs to prosper?
TheRaineMusic You know, trump and the republicans only care about them, it's all about them and power, that's the reason they spend so much in "Defense" but they don't care about leaving 24 million without healthcare, They don't defend the american people they defend their power.
How can people live with out healthcare when Obamacare was made to cover everyone punishable by a huge fine?
The last time that phrase was used was WW2, so...
Jay C, guess what? That part of Obamacare was designed to be unenforceable because no one was put in charge of enforcing it. And guess what else? Trumpcare has an actual mandatory fine.
They purposely leave out "RICH America First."
Trump needs to think better. By decreasing low income housing crime rates will go up.
Jacura2 StaffordCity no correlation
Good let them all kill each other then more for us
Yes, correlation! Some would argue causation. Increasing strain on already low-income areas will exacerbate poverty, and poverty is one of the best-studied predictors of crime. Right up there with poor education and air pollution.
My AP government class just went over mandatory and discretionary spending and it's nice to see it mentioned, nice video 👍🏻
Anyone who thinks that Trump's doing the exact opposite from working for the people?
So far, from what I've seen, many are pointing this out.
well he is keeping his promises and some could say that he is helping keep the people safe, especially with the bump in military spending (which is actually a good thing)
You know anyone that is not safe? Because I've never met anyone affected by isis
sAy wHAAt? I don't understand why the military is being bumped up. Isn't the U.S military already massive than other countries combined?
sAy wHAAt? It doesn't make sense to me, but you have your reasons for it being "good." In my opinion, that money should be used for something else.
*ten years later*
Emperor Trump announces the 20m wall is not high enough. Also, the budget for defense has risen 20% since last year, making it 97% of the whole budget.
The dream.
trckojr 😂
More like the nightmare
I don't know how you can even think that America could turn into a dictatorship. It's impossible
Pray for Harambe honestly, trump probably thinks different
Bless you for doing this.
thank you for this - so clear and yet still complex
I love these explanation videos. Makes the US much more understandable to the rest of us who don't live there.
This physically hurts me. I lost my dad in 2010, during my Junior year in college. After he died, I had to work 3 jobs in order to keep going to school. One of those jobs was a federally funded work study program. Had it not been for that job, I wouldn't have been able to stay in school. It literally saved my life. I can't imagine taking that away from struggling kids who are just like I was at that age. I'm 28 now with a stable job and so thankful for that little work study job. It's simply monstrous what he wants to do, and not just those cuts. If he keeps cutting back in climate change research, there won't be any golf courses left for that carnie handed mango man to go play on.
The -dude- douche was born with a diamond spoon in his mouth, he thinks that poor people are poor because they're lazy or don't want to work while he've been handed a huge wealth without breaking a sweat for it. Most rich people think that same way.
Thats how you make it in America, you work your ass off. End of story.
there is no real path to make it or everyone would. hard work dont mean shit when someone else takes credit or when the person giving the orders dont care.trump lost well over a trillion dollars in his life time. he made it because his dad kept pumping his account with money till he finally made a decent deal.
For every person who works their ass off and makes it in America, there is also someone who works their ass off that doesn't make it. You gotta work hard to stay in the game, but it doesn't guarantee success. Just because someone's poor, doesn't mean they're lazy
diagonali394 good for you tldr
I dig the visual explanation to help out the understanding of numbers oppose to showing me a pie graph and a sum of stuff.
Thank you, Hank for taking the time to explain this even though it's so frustrating and it is easy for people to simply pretend this isn't going on. Respect as always
Thanks for breaking that down for us Hank
Thank you so much for making this video.
Incredible video, thank you.
vlog brothers are brilliant,it's obscene to spend that much on military.
The American Healthcare Act and the new budget is terrible. We already have one of the largest militaries on the planet. The Defense budget should be reduced by a more than reasonable 8-12 blocks. America does not need to be the world's police. We should be focusing on increasing scientific research, climate research, public aid for the poor, and funding for education as to reduce the cost of college. By reducing college debt, American workers will have more to contribute to for taxes and sooner lower the national debt with China.
Actually our military budget actually isn't that big given the size of our GDP. In short, we have a GDP of 13 trillion (ish) and the military budget is 640 billion (ish). Which is half of one trillion. So half of one thirteenth of our budget. I don't like converting fractions into percentages so have fun with that.
The ratio of military spending to GDP doesn't seem relevant to me. If we doubled our GDP, would it make sense to double military spending? I don't think so. Instead, our military budget needs to be just large enough to accomplish our national security objectives. Some of our Generals actually believe that things like foreign aid, achieving energy independence, and combating climate change would do more for national security than building more tanks, jets, and ships that have extremely low chances of ever being used in combat.
Jay Bentley Once again, the military budget isn't unreasonable. Especially when you realize that we have to make up for a lot of NATO members and allies not meeting their military standards. And plus, how much is a soldiers life worth? I agree in increasing energy independence and providing foreign aid, but freedom isn't free and we need to ensure we have a well maintained military to protect our freedom.
Finite Wehosh Okay, I see your. I just wanted to voice my opinion a friendly manner. You clearly have a greater understanding of the situation. Now as thanks for helping to educate I heavily encourage you to contact your local representative. Your opinion would be highly valued and could make its way into the larger discussion. This may go as far to influence the serious debate occuring in Congress. Personally, I believe that education, healthcare, support for the elderly and disabled, coming from a background that depends on that funding, is highly effective in improving the lives of Americans and giving hope to those who wish to actually improve themselves. Understand that I am aware of fraud in these fields and it is a serious issue that needs to be further assessed. I'm not saying you're wrong, but that government is complicated and we should move towards for acting as a cohesive unit with our own separate sections in which we have different life styles. Yes defense funding is important, but so is eliminating a poverty struggle through education and inspiring others to improve their livelihoods. There is a more looming threat of super bugs and climate change which can and may destroy us all. Thanks for contributing to the conversation and helping a nerd fighter open up their eyes to another perspective. Stay Awesome and know your opinion is valued.
Adam Rogan Don't get me wrong, I support funding for healthcare, levitating poverty and so on. I just also think the military budget is actually about where it needs to be. Unfortunately for me, my reps are less responsive. So I'm more concerned with local officials who do listen.
Visuals are fantastic!
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I'm poor I need money from scholarships to help me through school so I can pay higher taxes that help others like me through school. This budget is counterintuitive and our middle class will vanish. Tax cuts for the rich will mean the poor will carry all the weight. Yeah lol imagine America completely poverty stricken and a bunch of poor and sick getting poorer and sicker holding it up.
SainT Wreckless R19 Hacks Tips and Hints you can work your way through college like some people. are you allergic to working hard?
I work in a trade. I've saved up 13 grand. I crawl under houses and in hot attics breaking my back in Florida heat. I'm not entitled privileged or lazy. I just want help so I can help others. I love my job now it's honest work. but not everyone is as lucky as me. I'm 19 with common sense that more skilled workers means more taxes the government collects. I'm definitely not for free college like Bernie suggests but Sweden has free education and they're one of the highest paid populations in the world. (there's a very small military, other cuts other places, it comes at a price)
Because the government will solve all our problems. Haven't heard that before.
You don't need fed scholarships to pay for college. If you are smart enough, colleges will pay for you themselves.
SainT Wreckless R19 Hacks Tips and Hints Get a job.
Yeah but the US can't afford a very small military, because Russia/China
Truly excellent work.
My condolences from Germany. You're gonna get through this, somehow.
If only this were, let's say, Burkina Faso* and not America. We can only hope that they won't drag us down in the meantime.
* Sorry to people from Burkina Faso. :D
cucko knock it off with that grace and shame hustle, it's not helping
Oh really?
Gaemmel Da Hopefully things don't go to shit until after I get my game design degree but if things start heading into deep shit territory I'm moving to Canada and a learning as many languages as I can because I'm probably going to need them to stay one step ahead of insanity
Please end our fascist government, as we once did yours.
6bn out of NIH is outrageous. I'm a phd student in argentina and use NIH service like NCBI all the time, I love what they do.
Thanks for putting that together John's brother! ;O)-
I don't recall ever seeing a preroll video ad on a vlogbrothers video. Is that new?
Anyway, thank you for the breakdown. Speaking of which, I'm going to go break down...
~Trav
Oh lord I feel like I can't breathe after watching that
Yeah....I feel that.
Sara Celidonio same
Do you think that's a rational reaction or because of how this channel promotes a culture of fear inside its echo chamber?
We're going to respirators with how Trump wants to treat the EPA. Even if the proposed budget cuts to the EPA are made smaller in the final form, Pruitt will make sure to hurt it in any and every form. Funny to think it was Nixon who made the EPA.
"Promotes a culture of fear inside its echo chamber"? Literally this entire video was facts. If by 'echochamber' you mean 'group of people who care about education, world development, and the environment'.....
thank you for doing this! I always feel intimidated trying to understand this stuff, but this was a great overview that actually made sense
The way you explain it is making me feel better thanks.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS MAKE SENSE
Since Hank showed us the analytics of this channel, the only thing I can think about is the views you're gonna get on this video compared to everything else.
Hahahahha. I thought of that too. It's good that people are informed at least
They are going to need all the help they could get if founding is removed from PBS, I'm going to start donating in patron.
Yeah, this is gonna be Spiky.
Hank 'Spiky' Green
So true, there'll be a nice big spike for them :D
At least something good can come of this!
#4 on trending as of now, oh yeah this is definitely spiking
I'm not even american and this hurts my heart so much
contentfleur Do you know anyone in the US?
Agreed. It feels wrong. Like ripping organs
Yes I do know some people in America. But also all the cuts to foreign aid, the environment, science, education, the elderly programs, and health care systems just really upset me. The president is clearly making a statement that he just does not care about anyone who is not like himself (rich, white, and male) and that upsets me because that is not what a president should do. They should care about all their people.
I am not american, I don't know people in there, but it still hurts
+contentfleur - I'm Canadian and I believe this is representative of things to come, not just in the U.S. but around the world. I believe that this budget has more popular support than most people realize, and that its changes will be permanent - no President is going to bother reversing any of them. The damage will last decades, if not centuries. And this is only the beginning.
I have been enlightened! Thank you for using blocks.
thank you for unbiased and clean cut info!!!
thank you for explaining this so well! But how du you stay positive with looking at such a questionable future?
Because the future is not yet written. Not only do I see these problems we are all faced with, but I see people like John and Hank empowering people with knowledge and encouragement. I see people who look at how things are going, and want it to be different. There's enough people who want to see the world change for the better. Now all we need are the tools. I think those tools can be wrapped up in three categories: Individual Empowerment, Constructive Disagreement Etiquette, and Institutional Reform. Stay Classy!
This is only a proposed budget. The president proposes, the congress disposes. Now it goes to congress to make a reasonable budget .. and in a way it is in our hands now. Let your reps know this is bad, demand a reasonable solution .. if they fail to represent you, vote them out of office .. look into joining or starting a local Indivisible movement ... support good candidates (if you are not one yourself) via volunteering for their campaign and bring a friend or two along to help.
1. Because the arc of history is long and it tends toward justice.
2. Because the people I know, who I love and work to keep happy and healthy are great.
3. Sometimes I don't.
he try to stay positive becaus if he does not trump idots will say FAKE NEWS ! its like trying to talk them like babies
vlogbrothers that first quote is from MLK iirc? Anyways nice video :)
This is making me sad and I'm not even American
THANK YOU THIS WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL
Thank you for putting it in a way I could understand!!
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I needed explanation of this but...why is it necessary to expand the military so much?! Why!
It's not really. It's just to create more wars and increase military spending (again) to create more lethal weapons. Definitely not worth increasing.
*The Military Industrial Complex*
It's throwing taxpayer money at arms manufacturers. War is for showcasing them so others buy them, as well.
it's not
So that Trump has political leverage... aka playing off the fears of people.
You didn't mention anything about transportation and infrastructure. I guess we will wait until things start falling down to care.
I had to cut it because I messed it up in the script and I was soooo tiiiiiired. But transportation funding doesn't cut infrastructure stuff, thankfully.
Hank, thank you for your tireless work trying to let everyone know the facts.
This video reminded me of C.G.P. Grey's work, great video Hank.
Global warming is real. Global warming is real.
Global warming is real.
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Keep telling yourself that, instead of actually doing something about it.
It's not real, It's not real, It's not real.
joni33333 you're an absolute idiot. You're an absolute idiot. You're an absolute idiot.
Enjoying all that global warming in 20 degree temps in the middle of March
Short version of budget: "Screw poor people, environmental stewardship, education, and health research. Also let's buy some weapons."
Even shorter version: more guns, less common sense.
Thank you for this video, I appreciate all of the counting to a thousand you did so that we have an easily digestible explanation of the proposed budget.
Thank you for making such a clear and easy to understand explanation.
*increases defense budget by 53 billion*
"Yup that's 'Murica"
*bites into a burger*
*Increases Government spending on Burgers and flags*
yeah, who else will mop up those damn terrorists
sAy wHAAt? you created them.
Soddin' TicTac nope the bankers and jews did
When we're at war you'll be happy.
Okay, as a European, I have no idea how this will be implamented. Is there any hope for this to be stopped in parliament or something?
I hope that too, I'm Uruguayan so I can't say for sure but, I think the Congress can stop it. I would like that somebody could say if that's right
This is just the proposed budget. Congress has to pass it for it to go into law. I don't see them doing that with how much backlash this budget has received, but it does show where Trump is leaning and what he wants. He tipped his hand, so to speak.
Cactus 'N Gaming Congress won't like the bill- Democrats ( the left leaning party) won't like the cuts to the safety net programs while Republicans ( the right leaning party) won't like the cuts to the state department and due to the fact that Trump (and them) want to cut taxes they won't like it because there is no drop in spending to offset the loss of revenue, which will drive up the deficit.
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If you mean Congress, then hopefully
Looks like an outstanding start!
Just thought it was funny that the picture for the Department of Justice had the Philippine archipelago on its emblem. Anyway, great work on the vid! I find it easier to understand when it's explained in blocks. ^_^
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be gone? The CPB encompasses the PBS, and doesn't the PBS provide funding or something for Crash Course? What's gonna happen to Crash Course?
Mr. Rogers would be disappointed in this budget for not being the best that it can possibly be.
Just used this to write a letter to trump for school, extremely useful and efficient. Thanks Hank!
"Corporate for Public Broadcasting, half a block" 😂😂😂 good job guys, really putting in work