WP: Bush's '06 Budget Would Scrap or Reduce 154 Programs

[DeepModem Mom]

Bush's '06 Budget Would Scrap or Reduce 154 Programs
Tuesday, February 22, 2005; Page A13


From $4 million for an agriculture biotechnology program to $18 million for foreign-language assistance for small elementary and secondary schools and $489 million for congressionally earmarked Environmental Protection Agency projects, President Bush's fiscal 2006 budget plan calls for elimination of or drastic cuts in 154 programs.

The cuts would amount to $15.3 billion in savings over the fiscal 2005 budget as enacted by Congress, according to the administration. In addition, the president proposed major changes in 16 programs that his budget says would result in an additional $4.7 billion in gross savings.

The president's entire fiscal 2006 budget, not including a supplemental request for military costs related to Iraq and Afghanistan, amounts to $2.57 trillion.

In a 233-page document detailing the program terminations, cuts and other money-saving proposals, the administration said it was guided by three principles: "Does the program meet the nation's priorities"? Is it an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars? And does it "produce the intended results"?...


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42369-2005Feb21.html

[merwin]

1. Gotta love how these are the SAME people he was saying he would

completely support throughout his tenure as president.

And the worst part of it is, they will still blindly follow him, even after these programs are cut.

[NVMojo]

3. there are more and more people being added to the "disappointed" list

of the repukes for Bush as we speak. Where did these idiots think Bush was going to get the money to balance his slash and burn spending and tax cuts for the rich over the previous four years? His ass?

[merwin]

4. But if you listen closely to the farmers, the elderly, etc, that voted for

Bush, you'll hear the powerful sound of silence.

[cthrumatrix]

2. what he says vs what happens is "smoke & mirrors"