According to MoveOn the Republicans are proposing some pretty drastic budget cuts to offset the costs of Hurricane Katrina.
While there is no proposal to put an end to Bush's beloved tax cuts (which would more than cover the cost of rebuilding) among the things that are on the block are:
$225 billion cut from Medicaid, the last-resort health insurance program for the very poor.
$200 billion cut from Medicare, the health care safety net for the elderly and the disabled.
$25 billion cut from the Centers for Disease Control
$6.7 billion cut from school lunches for poor children
$7.5 cut from programs to fight global AIDS
$5.5 billion to eliminate all funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
$3.6 billion cut to eliminate the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities
$8.5 billion cut to eliminate all subsidized loans to graduate students.
$2.5 billion to eliminate the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative
$417 million cut to eliminate the Minority Business Development Agency
more here
I don't know about you but my tax cut was about $300. I think I bought booze or paid the electric bill. I would be more than willing to put it towards balancing the budget.
MoveOn has an online petition if you're interested.
Look, government has a purpose besides spying on us, throwing us in jail, obstructing our access to contraception, forcing us to pray in school, and sending kids to die in foreign lands. They should know that in some areas their services are desired and requested.
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Now excuse me for stating the obvious but where's the money off the top? Surely GWB and his cronies must have some spare truckloads of $$$ to help out? Grrr!!
I can't believe he's not repealing the tax cut. I also got $300 once. Nothing extra last year. As a previous subsidized graduate student, that is just wrong man.
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