Bush Seeks Deep Spending Cuts<\/a><\/p>\n“$2.57 trillion budget that eliminates dozens of politically sensitive domestic programs, including funding for education, environmental protection and business development, while proposing significant increases for the military and international spending.”<\/p>\n
“About 150 programs in all would be shuttered or radically cut back to help meet Bush’s goal of shaving the budget deficit in half by 2009. One out of every three of the targeted programs concerns education.”<\/p>\n
“The spending plan does not include future expenses of the continuing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, nor does it include upfront transition costs of restructuring Social Security as Bush has proposed.”<\/p>\n
Part III<\/p>\n
Agenda: Tax cuts to the rich and to corporations, privatizing of government programs making us a fascist form of government, return of total slash and burn consumer capitalism, destruction of the environment, hatred mongering under the guise of morality, etc etc<\/p>\n
Any questions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Part I Cheney: Social Security Plan to Cost Trillions “Cheney acknowledged yesterday that the federal government would need to borrow trillions of dollars over the next few decades to cover the cost of the personal retirement accounts at the heart of President Bush’s plan to restructure Social Security. Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Cheney said the government would have to borrow $754 billion over the next 10 years, and conceded that the price tag would involve borrowing trillions of dollars…<\/p>\n
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