The economic measures proposed by Trump

With a sunny document ten pages, Donald Trump presents the budget for fiscal year 2018 of the United States; despite being a very small document expresses the philosophy of the new American president with the will to get out of the logic of the past, not just to Obama Democrat, but also of Bush himself, who was a Republican politician. The electoral program, characterized by the slogan "America First" is translated in a practical way with the extension of a budget that favors the defense and internal security at the expense of poverty reduction, workplace safety, the environment, homes and urban development, at the State Department, and through it the support of international organizations, the Department for trade until the health, education and art. The contradictions are obvious: for example, with the will expressed during the election campaign to protect the work in the United States, including through support policies for the rehabilitation, pursued only with a protectionist practice that is already beginning to take a glimpse of the impossibility of being realized. On the other hand the true fetish of Trump electoral program appears the construction of the wall with Mexico, an investment of about seven billion in two years, as if this barrier could solve all of the US internal security problems. Another contradiction is the 10% increase in military spending: now how this investment can be explained by this desire in the election campaign of a US reduction commitment in the world? If, on the one hand, there was a pressure of lobbies of weapons and military leaders themselves, for increased spending, this must also be justified for effective use; an explanation may be that Trump has already abandoned all desire for military disengagement programs because of the needs of the US role in the world, serves the same national economic interests. This would denote, as has often been suspected, an uncertain and inexperienced conduction of political action, especially in foreign policy, by the new president, forced to make changes to its purpose according to the needs of the moment and under a great influence of his advisers . This uncertainty seems to be demonstrated by the increase in its defense spending, which takes place without a public justification, pursued through a program of foreign policy intentions but, almost, waiting for the events. Where the cuts affect the most are the social sectors, denouncing a contrast with that part of the electorate that supported Trump, who hails from the middle and working classes; if the decrease of the budget estimate for the environment, also to promote a more boost industrial policy may seem understandable, although the White House itself, an estimated three thousand perished jobs as a result of these cuts, it is less so that intended to support agriculture, especially to the most needy areas, as well as reducing the health of almost 20 billion dollars, which will force the underprivileged classes to turn again to private insurance. In this view is strongly demagogic decision to increase by 10% the budget for veterans, to allow them access to private health care. This processing Trump constitutes only a proposal to the Congress, which will formulate the law to finance it and come to its approval. The legislative power, although Republican majority, may create several problems for the approval of this budget, both for the aversion of the Democrats, but also those belonging to the majority party, but more moderate trend compared to the presidential vision. In any case the great risk is to assist in the transformation of the sense more individualistic United States, with an exponential increase of inequalities in favor of the most rich strata, with the consequence of creating a more and more extended poverty-end: certainly not what the working classes who have expressed their support for Trump were going to see.