Donald Trump's so-called budget would end all funding for Great Lakes restoration. Twenty percent of the world's fresh surface waters are in Lake Michigan, below, and its four other sister lakes
constantly under major stress from invasive species, manure and chemical runoff and other legacy problems which Trump's budget would absolutely worsen.
Trump's jargon-addicted budget drafters say state and local governments could pick up the loss of hundreds of millions of federal dollars annually which the Great Lakes and the economies they support need to survive - -
to keep the Great Lakes clean.
Trump's jargon-addicted budget drafters say state and local governments could pick up the loss of hundreds of millions of federal dollars annually which the Great Lakes and the economies they support need to survive - -
States may be able to adjust to reduced funding levels by reducing or eliminating additional activities not required under federal law, prioritizing programs and seeking other funding sources, including fees," the budget office's written narrative says.- - thus displaying Team Trump's abject ignorance about the paper-thin budgeting margins these governments already live with and further ignorance of taxpayer efforts like this