{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62d5bdc321055c0013a52a6c/67d4e8ea34deae95a5960270?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"You’re not fat! ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62d5bdc321055c0013a52a6c/1742006297217-e38611df-6321-404d-aa37-eec253033b3b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Republican administration is making large-scale changes to “cut the fat” in our government. However, the biggest areas of “fat” are being ignored. Instead of cutting funding for the departments that receive the largest funding - and the ones where Elon Musk has contracts - they are cutting those that have less than a 1% impact on government spending. </p><p><br></p><p>Listen-in to hear the ways Trump, Musk, and the Republican administration are falsely labeling departments and programs that do not personally benefit them as “fat”. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>📘Please listen, share, and educate others!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>In Science &amp; Love, </em></p><p>~ Dr. Renee’ Carr </p><p>____________________________</p><p><strong>🗣️SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS</strong></p><p>Bluesky: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;@DrReneeCarr</p><p>Instagram: @PoliticsAndPsychology</p><p>Facebook: @PoliticsAndPsychologyPodcast</p><p><br></p><p>⭐⭐⭐⭐ </p><p>Leave a review! Share your opinion of this episode or a social issue important to you!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>💙</p><p>Support the Show! Help us reach more minds and ears.</p><p>{PayPal link} <a href=\"https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NH48NPCHJU6UN\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NH48NPCHJU6UN</a></p><p><br></p><p>____________________________</p><p>🔗Research &amp; Related Links</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>USA government contract spending</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.usaspending.gov/search\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.usaspending.gov/search</a></p><p><strong>List of All Contracts Terminated by DOGE</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.highergov.com/news/list-of-all-contracts-terminated-by-doge-6287413\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.highergov.com/news/list-of-all-contracts-terminated-by-doge-6287413</a> (as of 2/19/2025)</p><p><strong>Budget Reconciliation: Tracking the 2025 Trump Tax Cuts</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tax-cuts-2025-budget-reconciliation/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tax-cuts-2025-budget-reconciliation/</a></p><p><strong>Tax Cuts Are Primarily Responsible for the Increasing Debt Ratio</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.americanprogress.org/article/tax-cuts-are-primarily-responsible-for-the-increasing-debt-ratio/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.americanprogress.org/article/tax-cuts-are-primarily-responsible-for-the-increasing-debt-ratio/</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Politics & Psychology"}