Fiscal conservative Mulvaney picked as Trump's budget director

Fiscal conservative Mulvaney picked as Trump's budget director | Washington Examiner

President-elect Trump selected South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney to be his first budget director Saturday morning, a nomination which would put a staunch fiscal conservative in charge of managing the federal budget and the logistics of government affairs.
"We are going to do great things for the American people with Mick Mulvaney leading the Office of Management and Budget," Trump said in a statement. "Right now we are nearly $20 trillion in debt, but Mick is a very high-energy leader with deep convictions for how to responsibly manage our nation's finances and save our country from drowning in red ink. With Mick at the head of OMB, my administration is going to make smart choices about America's budget, bring new accountability to our federal government, and renew the American taxpayer's trust in how their money is spent."

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A very smart choice.

Renae said:

Fiscal conservative Mulvaney picked as Trump's budget director | Washington Examiner



A very smart choice.

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Interesting.

This guy appears to be a T-Party budget slasher, yet Trump often portrays himself a big-time spender.

We shall see.

Chomsky said:

Interesting.

This guy appears to be a T-Party budget slasher, yet Trump often portrays himself a big-time spender.

We shall see.

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T-Partiers want to slash spending on things that don't benefit them, a far cry from what Ron Paul stood for when he started the movement.

reinoe said:

T-Partiers want to slash spending on things that don't benefit them, a far cry from what Ron Paul stood for when he started the movement.

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I get what your saying.

But while it may be fair to say Ron Paul inspired the T-Party movement, I think it's a reach to say he started it.

reinoe said:

T-Partiers want to slash spending on things that don't benefit them, a far cry from what Ron Paul stood for when he started the movement.

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R Paul was a bit too kooky.

Chomsky said:

I get what your saying.

But while it may be fair to say Ron Paul inspired the T-Party movement, I think it's a reach to say he started it.

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Ron Paul started the movement. Then it got co-opted by a bunch of politicians who started speaking about issues that had nothing to do with fiscal responsibility.

Chomsky said:

Interesting.

This guy appears to be a T-Party budget slasher, yet Trump often portrays himself a big-time spender.

We shall see.

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I don't think he will be a net big spender. Rather he may take a more businesslike approach to spending. He probably expects to be able to save significant dollars through a department by department review of costs, thus all the business leaders he is looking to bring on. Rarely have I seen a business where I could not find 5-10% of costs that could be eliminated. So he may add costs to fix infrastructure and military spending but also look for cost savings eben in those areas, where spending does not bring results.

Now that may prove harder to do in government than the private sector. Where cutting spending means less political goodies to go around. But that is where his going over the heads of congress to the public might be advantageous.