Klarinet Archive - Posting 000320.txt from 2005/09

From: "Shaw, Kenneth R." <krshaw@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Budget Cuts
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:04:24 -0400

"Operation Offset" is the Republicans budget cut plan to pay for
Hurricane Katrina. There will there be no rollback of tax cuts for the
rich. The great majority of the proposed cuts target the elderly and the
poor, heavily targeting Medicare. They eliminate all federal funding for
energy conservation, the "Energy Star" program, energy efficient
vehicles, hydrogen vehicles, high-speed rail, light rail, AmeriCorps,
the Even Start program, the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and
security/anti-drug funding for inner city schools. Also facing cuts are
the Global AIDS Initiative, the EPA, the Centers for Disease Control,
pensions and healthcare plans for retired federal workers, job programs
and revitalization funds for poor neighborhoods, the school lunch
program, community health centers, and health care for soldiers.

Of particular interest to musicians, all funding will be eliminated for
PBS, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the
Humanities, and federal loans to graduate students.

<http://66.102.7.104/search=3Fq=3Dcache:CrIBQebchh0J:johnshadegg.house.gov/r
sc/RSC_Budget_Options_2005.pdf+RSC_Budget_Options_2005&hl=3Den&client=3Dgoog
let>

This is still a draft and will probably be amended.

Of course, everyone agrees that hurricane relief is essential, but IMHO
this plan makes cuts in the wrong places, and we should tell our
Congress members so.

Ken Shaw

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