Klarinet Archive - Posting 000338.txt from 2005/09

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Budget Cuts
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 04:10:58 -0400


I don't see why revealing information about Government activity is partisan.
Roger S.

In message <009c01c5c54c$86bf5680$0e1ffea9@-----.net>
klarinet@-----.org writes:
> Is it possible to keep comments limited to music?
>
> Certainly political partisanship is not something I want to read about on
> this list. There must be a million other places or private email to voice
> your intelligent opinions.
> Thank you for your forbearance.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph H. Fasel" <jhf@-----.gov>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 12:17 PM
> Subject: RE: [kl] Budget Cuts
>
>
> > As I understand it, "Operation Offset" is not "the Republicans'" plan,
> > but that of the Republican Study Committee, a collection of around 100
> > rabid right-wingers. They are trying to use Katrina as an excuse to
> > target the government programs they most love to hate.
> >
> > --Joe
> >
> > > -----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
> > --
> > Joseph H. Fasel, Ph.D. email: jhf@-----.gov
> > Systems Planning and Analysis phone: +1 505 667 7158
> > University of California fax: +1 505 667 2960
> > Los Alamos National Laboratory D-2 MS F609; Los Alamos, NM 87545
> >
> >
> >
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