Just Won’t Budget

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🗓️ 11 March 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

President Trump just released his financial wishlist. On it: $718 billion for the Pentagon, way more than the spending cap. But he might get lucky with the money because of something called the Overseas Contingency Operations Fund, aka the Pentagon “slush fund”. Spoiler: it’s controversial. Meanwhile, Boeing is in crisis mode after another one of its planes crashed over the weekend. Also on today’s episode: Swiss moms speak up about maternity leave policies at UBS, and a man almost gets swallowed by a whale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Monday, March 11th.
0:03.2	Welcome to our new podcast, Skim this.
0:05.6	Every Monday through Friday at 5pm, we're breaking down the biggest most complex stories
0:09.6	of the day and giving you the context on why they matter.
0:13.0	Today, we're talking about the new White House budget and the overseas contingency operations
0:18.3	fund, aka Pentagon Slush Fund.
0:21.0	We'll discuss why it's controversial and other budget asks that have some question marks.
0:26.8	Then, after the tragic Ethiopian Airlines crash, we'll cover three things to know about
0:31.7	the airplane under investigation.
0:34.5	And why moms at Swiss Bank UBS same eternity leave is costing them.
0:39.8	That and more.
0:40.8	We're here to make your Monday smarter.
0:43.3	Let's skim this.
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1:04.0	Okay, so the most wonky news of the day has to do with the budget.
1:10.8	President Trump released his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year, which starts
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