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Saturday, June 25, 2005

The Republican Budget in a nutshell
Posted by Jill | 7:26 AM

Here ya go:

  • elimination of the Healthy Communities Access Program, currently funded at $83 million, which helps communities offer health care to the uninsured.
  • elimination of the $205 million budget for an Education Department grant program targeted at low-income and underachieving schools
  • an 84% cut in training programs for doctors and nurses
  • $806 million in cuts in the already limited funding for the Bush-mandated "No Child Left Behind" initiative
  • 50% cut in grants to local community action agencies that help the poor
  • 5% cut in Centers for Disease Control funding

Now think about that $7 billion in cold hard U.S. dollars that went missing in the hands of the Coalition Provisional authority in Iraq -- and what that could pay for. Then think about the $30 million just given to Halliburton to expand the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Then think about what's going to happen to services in your state and your property taxes.
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