How Trump’s Spending Freeze Targeted Left-Wing Corruption

Anything that causes Democrats to have a come-apart is not just good, it's necessary!

It matters because the liberal/communist faction of the Dems...also all of them...have for decades funded all this indoctrination programs in a passive aggressive fashion that at first it was venal but as time and the amounts progressed it became unstoppable...the communist of today is the the fascist of tomorrow...

Increasing presidential power is too dangerous to do even if the first president to use those powers uses them in true service to The People. the presidential power that exists now enabled a president to quarantine the whole country, gutting the power of The People entirely and subjugating everyone. The only power that needs to be enhanced is that of The People.

About time

I think that many "career" politicians are sweating so to speak at their "per" projects are now being scrutinized by their "boss" who is also now the President of the United States of America. Sadly many people become so small or closed minded as to see that they even have a part in the direction of the country. They just see that their "money, power and influence as being removed. This sort of shake up , if you will, should always be their in the back of their minds. If so maybe the USA would not now be in the position it is in? Keep up the great work President Donald John Trump.

The American taxpayer should NOT be paying for these programs.

This is not a usurpation of the power of the purse as some below have suggested. Congress authorizes the spending of money by the Executive. The Executive has the authority to withhold that spending, which is what President Trump is looking to do. The freeze is intended to give the incoming Administration time to review where these billions of dollars are going, and to halt that payments that are deemed wasteful or corrupt. I'm sure there are many.

President Trump will need to make some unorthodox moves to disrupt the stronghold that the Deep State/federal bureaucracy has in DC. Anything he does should be given a chance. He and his team(if they ever get confirmed) will adjust course as needed. But timing and boldness are imperative or little will change.

I always think of the reverse concern ‘what if Biden had won and he took the power of the purse away from Congress’ by freezing all federal expenditures ? I’d be concerned. I also believe in the ‘checks and balances’ system set up in the Constitution that had the three divisions(Judicial, Executive, Legislative) of government able to check/question/overturn actions on the other two. This has worked for more than 250 years and lead to a great nation of USA.

I'm really okay with this! The government has to get a solid grasp of how much is going out, where or to whom it is going, and why.

So is there a down side to this freeze, other than Dem's flipping their wigs? Oh, wait; that's half the fun. But seriously, is there a down side? Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid are not affected, education grants are not affected--although the people in colleges and universities who sign up students for student aid need to do a better job of checking backgrounds.

I am acquainted with one woman who, over the course of several years, received a Pell Grant at a community college, quit school the same semester and never paid back the Feds. She did the same thing two more times, and every time, she used her dad as a reference. But did they ever call him to ask about her credit worthiness? Nope. But they called him while they tried to locate her. He always said they should have called him before they gave her the money. And he never did know where she was.

Bully for us! But this can just as easily be used to stop funding for truly critical agencies such as DOD Coast Guard FAA and and so on. We must be careful not to open the door to the cancellation of the safeguards in our Republic.