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PupCamo

(288 posts)
Mon Mar 11, 2019, 07:40 PM Mar 2019

Trump's budget would steer $20M to Jack Nicklaus-backed hospital project

Source: Politico

The White House's proposed budget includes funding for a small children's health program sought by one of President Donald Trump's golfing buddies: Jack Nicklaus.

Under the administration's fiscal 2020 funding plan released Monday, HHS would steer $20 million toward a mobile children's hospital project at Miami's Nicklaus Children's Hospital, named for the legendary golfer.

Nicklaus had lobbied Trump on the golf course in Florida, and he met with HHS Secretary Alex Azar and then-OMB Director Mick Mulvaney in Washington, D.C., to request funds, say two individuals with knowledge. Trump personally directed HHS to earmark the funds to help Nicklaus develop mobile children's hospitals, one individual said.

While HHS has supported the use of mobile hospitals after disasters, like devastating hurricanes that have hit the Gulf Coast and the Caribbean, health officials haven't previously seen the need for specialized mobile hospitals for children.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/11/trump-jack-nicklaus-1259949

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Trump's budget would steer $20M to Jack Nicklaus-backed hospital project (Original Post) PupCamo Mar 2019 OP
The safety net for billionaires Turbineguy Mar 2019 #1
Jeez Bigredhunk Mar 2019 #2
Corruption rockfordfile Mar 2019 #3
If it's tax payer dollars bluestarone Mar 2019 #4
Typical Ohiogal Mar 2019 #5
Fine. Take it out of Trump's vacation money jmowreader Mar 2019 #6
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2019 #7
Sorry I just don't see the big deal on this jgmiller Mar 2019 #8
+1 nitpicker Mar 2019 #9
Yeah. Politics as usual. At least ... Blue_playwright Mar 2019 #10
I'm from West Virginia PupCamo Mar 2019 #11

Turbineguy

(37,208 posts)
1. The safety net for billionaires
Mon Mar 11, 2019, 07:44 PM
Mar 2019

will be much stronger. But then again, $20 million, why you can barely run a yacht on such a pittance.

jmowreader

(50,451 posts)
6. Fine. Take it out of Trump's vacation money
Mon Mar 11, 2019, 08:25 PM
Mar 2019

Mobile pediatric hospitals sounds like a worthy thing...a lot more worthy than paying all that money to let Donald Trump waddle around a golf course on my dime.

Response to PupCamo (Original post)

jgmiller

(383 posts)
8. Sorry I just don't see the big deal on this
Tue Mar 12, 2019, 12:28 AM
Mar 2019

Most things in the budget are from lobbying by people for the pet projects. Some of those pet projects can be a total waste of money or a way to line their pockets, other pet projects can actually be used purely for good purposes and then there is everything in between. Just because he's a Trump buddy doesn't automatically make him bad, it might make him guliable, it might make him an opportunist etc but from the brief description of the project it sounds like this might actually be for good. He could just as easily have been pushing the project with a democratic president if he felt it was worth it. Maybe he's doing it soley for vanity but if it does good then I don't care, let him have his vanity.

nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
9. +1
Tue Mar 12, 2019, 06:04 AM
Mar 2019

Nicklaus and his wife founded the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation in 2004, and it donated to what was then known as Miami Children's Health System over the years. It made a huge pledge in 2015, so the receiving foundation renamed itself to Nicklaus Children's Health System.

Blue_playwright

(1,568 posts)
10. Yeah. Politics as usual. At least ...
Tue Mar 12, 2019, 07:38 AM
Mar 2019

At least it wasn’t money for something crazy. Read one bill and you’ll be bewildered at all the pork. But that’s why I used to hold my nose and vote for Dole in Kansas - he had clout, kept our bases open and sent back pork. 🤷🏻?♀️

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