They page through the minutiae in the “Notes and Appendices to the U.S. Budget,” sifting the “Detailed Budget Estimates by Agency” section until they come up with something like the Department of the Interior’s Helium Fund. In the natural resources and environment budget function I cut all spending for water resources (if they want water out West, they can go to the supermarket and get little bottles of it the way the rest of us do) and recreational resources (people who can afford Winnebagos can afford national park entrance fees). I’m a real Republican (unlike some current presidents of the United States I could name), so I won’t raise taxes; but since I’m temporarily in charge of the federal budget, I don’t mind squeezing the bejabbers out of the people who pay them.
Author: February 4, 2026
Published at: 2026-02-04 00:00:00
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