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RI Management and Budget Director Brian Daniels on Trump’s cuts, looking for waste and fraud, and more
The amount of money used to operate state government in Rhode Island has grown by 5 and a half billion dollars over the last 10 years, to $14.2 billion. Now, President Trump has put a spotlight on efforts to cut government agencies and reduce federal spending. Critics say Trump is dismantling vital services, while his supporters mostly tout this as a way to cut waste and fraud. The chainsaw approach embraced by Elon Musk is being felt here in Rhode Island, since almost $100 million in federal funding has already been cut. That’s a small amount in the context of the state budget. But it renews…
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