Random Thoughts: On Quite a Week Already (And it is only Monday)

The best laid plans are sometimes “laid to waste” as a result of on-going events. I had plans to be more “upbeat” this week, but Ghouta and the new Budget announced by the Trump Adminstration threw me a curve.

I ended up helping at the Daily Outsider as I saw some challenging reporting on #Ghouta in Syria and the erosion of Civil Liberties in the United States. I also saw an article in the Guardian of London on life in Finland and could not help but be jealous — as the article reflects, the US Ambassador Under Barack Obama liked Finland so much he stayed there. This is as the Trump Administration just introduced a budget that will eliminate the Corporation for National Service — I just joined the call to action and have noted it here so that all can join:

We need your help to protect national service programs.

The White House just submitted their budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 and once again, they are recommending that the government shut down the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and eliminate AmeriCorps and Senior Corps. We can’t sit quiet while they recycle this short-sighted budget proposal!

Just like his FY18 budget, President Trump’s FY19 proposal only includes limited funding dedicated to the orderly shutdown of CNCS over the course of the next year. But eliminating CNCS funding would be a huge mistake. Instead of costing taxpayers money, national service programs actually save federal dollars…