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Cost of War - $75 billion over six months
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While the nation has been focused on the war, President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress have teamed up to slash everything from Medicaid to food stamps and child nutrition programs. Along the way, they managed to give the rich another giant tax cut and fiscal responsibility a lethal blow.
Despite a ballooning budget deficit approaching $400 billion a year, President Bush managed to convince the House and Senate to approve hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts that will primarily benefit the rich. The Bush White House cynically withheld it's cost estimates for the war in Iraq ($75 billion for six months) until after the Senate approved a $350 billion tax cut.
The result -
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House Proposed Cuts 2004-2013 |
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Medicaid |
$92 billion |
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Supplemental Security Income |
$18.5 billion |
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Veterans Benefits |
$14 billion |
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Earned Income Tax Credit |
$14 billion |
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
$8 billion |
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Farm Programs |
$7 billion |
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Food Stamps |
$12.5 billion |
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School Lunch and Child Nutrition Programs |
$6 billion |
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Foster Care and Adoption Assistance |
$4 billion |
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Child Support Enforcement |
$3 billion |
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State Children's Health Insurance |
$2 billion |
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Child Care Grants to States |
$1 billion |
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The chart assumes entitlement cuts in House budget are made proportionally, which is what House Budget Committee chairman Jim Nussle has said the budget assumes.
Clinton and Schumer lost the courage necessary to stand up to President Bush's war against Iraq. Now Senator Clinton says the President needs to make a better case for war. They need to hear from you now.
In October both the House of Representatives and the Senate rubber-stamped Bush's proposed war against Iraq despite serious misgivings voiced by members in both chambers. Congress abdicted it's responsibiltiy for oversight on foreign policy and budget matters - they approved the war without even a ballpark estimate of its costs.
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Senators Clinton and Schumer missed a key opportunity to halt Bush's rush to war. Tell the Senators to find the backbone to oppose the Bush administration's assault on domestic programs.
They need to hear from you. Use this email form to express your displeasure with their vote.
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"This assault on society's weakest elements has been almost totally camouflaged by the war, which has an iron grip on the nation's attention. "
"Neither...(the House or the Senate)...budget advances the cause of fiscal discipline, since both would result in substantially larger deficits and increased debt. "
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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Email Your Senator Right Now |
More Action Steps
As individuals who work for peace and justice, and who oppose further
devastation being visited upon the people of Iraq, we invite you
to stand in the way of this mad rush to war. We invite you to join
us in the Iraq Pledge of Resistance,
a campaign to build a network of nationally-coordinated, nonviolent
civil disobedience to oppose President Bushıs plans for war on Iraq.
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Day in day out, U.S.-led sanctions inflict pain and suffering
on Iraqi civilians who have no say over Saddam Hussein's policies.
Photographers and concerned citizens have journeyed to Iraq
to document the human cost of this faceless U.S. policy. Meet
the people of Iraq |
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