$3.5 billion from Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding;
$2.2 billion from nonprofit health insurance cooperatives;
...
$600 million from community healthcare centers;
$1 billion from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and other disease prevention programs;
$1.6 billion from EPA's clean/safe drinking water and other projects;
$950 million from community development grants;
$504 million from nutrition aid for poor Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);
$500 million from education programs;
$390 million from home heating subsidies to the poor, as well as $2.5 billion for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) announced in February;
$350 million from labor programs, including grants for community service jobs for seniors;
other social service cuts;
$786 million from FEMA first-responder funding;
$407 million from energy efficiency and renewable energy programs;
$260 million from National Institutes of Health (NIH) medical research;
$127 million from the National Park Service; and
billions less for public infrastructure and transportation spending, while increasing war appropriations by multiples more, including for conquering and controlling Libya.
Moreover, Obama agreed to more draconian FY 2012 cuts and corporate tax breaks as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling before reaching its mid-May limit. More as well over the next 12 years, including:
$4 trillion overall;
$770 billion from education, environmental, transportation, and other infrastructure cuts, as well as lower wages and benefits for federal workers when they need more, not less;
$480 billion from Medicare and Medicaid, besides another $1 trillion from Obamacare;
$360 billion from mandated domestic programs, including food stamps, home heating assistance, income for the poor and disabled, federal pension insurance, and farm subsidies; and
$400 billion from military-related spending from unneeded weapons, as well as healthcare and other benefits for active service members and veterans.The Obama budget cuts (just a few of them)
$3.5 billion from Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding;
$2.2 billion from nonprofit health insurance cooperatives;
...
$600 million from community healthcare centers;
$1 billion from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and other disease prevention programs;
$1.6 billion from EPA's clean/safe drinking water and other projects;
$950 million from community development grants;
$504 million from nutrition aid for poor Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);
$500 million from education programs;
$390 million from home heating subsidies to the poor, as well as $2.5 billion for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) announced in February;
$350 million from labor programs, including grants for community service jobs for seniors;
other social service cuts;
$786 million from FEMA first-responder funding;
$407 million from energy efficiency and renewable energy programs;
$260 million from National Institutes of Health (NIH) medical research;
$127 million from the National Park Service; and
billions less for public infrastructure and transportation spending, while increasing war appropriations by multiples more, including for conquering and controlling Libya.
Moreover, Obama agreed to more draconian FY 2012 cuts and corporate tax breaks as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling before reaching its mid-May limit. More as well over the next 12 years, including:
$4 trillion overall;
$770 billion from education, environmental, transportation, and other infrastructure cuts, as well as lower wages and benefits for federal workers when they need more, not less;
$480 billion from Medicare and Medicaid, besides another $1 trillion from Obamacare;
$360 billion from mandated domestic programs, including food stamps, home heating assistance, income for the poor and disabled, federal pension insurance, and farm subsidies; and
$400 billion from military-related spending from unneeded weapons, as well as healthcare and other benefits for active service members and veterans.The Obama budget cuts (just a few of them)
$3.5 billion from Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding;
$2.2 billion from nonprofit health insurance cooperatives;
...
$600 million from community healthcare centers;
$1 billion from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and other disease prevention programs;
$1.6 billion from EPA's clean/safe drinking water and other projects;
$950 million from community development grants;
$504 million from nutrition aid for poor Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);
$500 million from education programs;
$390 million from home heating subsidies to the poor, as well as $2.5 billion for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) announced in February;
$350 million from labor programs, including grants for community service jobs for seniors;
other social service cuts;
$786 million from FEMA first-responder funding;
$407 million from energy efficiency and renewable energy programs;
$260 million from National Institutes of Health (NIH) medical research;
$127 million from the National Park Service; and
billions less for public infrastructure and transportation spending, while increasing war appropriations by multiples more, including for conquering and controlling Libya.
Moreover, Obama agreed to more draconian FY 2012 cuts and corporate tax breaks as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling before reaching its mid-May limit. More as well over the next 12 years, including:
$4 trillion overall;
$770 billion from education, environmental, transportation, and other infrastructure cuts, as well as lower wages and benefits for federal workers when they need more, not less;
$480 billion from Medicare and Medicaid, besides another $1 trillion from Obamacare;
$360 billion from mandated domestic programs, including food stamps, home heating assistance, income for the poor and disabled, federal pension insurance, and farm subsidies; and
$400 billion from military-related spending from unneeded weapons, as well as healthcare and other benefits for active service members and veterans.
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