Klarinet Archive - Posting 000330.txt from 2005/09
From: "Matthew Lloyd" <matthew@-----.uk> Subj: RE: [kl] Budget Cuts Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:01:20 -0400
Kenneth,
You say that as if you are surprised.
The cutting of the "Green" programmes is especially stupid - even by the
high standards of stupidity set by Bush - as there seems to be mounting
evidence that climate change is increasing the likelihood of really
serious storms such as this.
As Ken says, disaster relief comes high up the Government priority list,
but when you think of the money that is being spent in Iraq and on tax
breaks for the rich, it is clear that something stinks.
Sadly, it's all too familiar this side of the Atlantic too, as the rich
are preparing to put their second (and subsequent) homes in their
pensions and buy other houses at, in effect, a 40% discount, to put in
pension plans, hospitals can't prescribe life saving drugs because there
is no money. Other than to employ managers of course.
Matthew
UK
-----Original Message-----
From: Shaw, Kenneth R. [mailto:krshaw@-----.com]
Sent: 28 September 2005 21:03
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Budget Cuts
"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?q=cache:CrIBQebchh0J:johnshadegg.house.gov/r
sc/RSC_Budget_Options_2005.pdf+RSC_Budget_Options_2005&hl=en&client=goog
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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