Klarinet Archive - Posting 000339.txt from 2005/09

From: "Warren Rosenberg" <wrosenberg47@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Budget Cuts
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 08:05:18 -0400

Roger,
Take another read of the original message and try to figure it out. It
doesn't require a political science background.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Shilcock"
<roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 1:06 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Budget Cuts

>
> 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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