“While fiscal discipline must be our priority, there are some places where the president’s budget either cuts too deeply or fails to recognize the positive impact of a program, such as our agriculture program, Pell grants, Medicaid and Medicare and the Community Development Block Grants program,” said Sen. Norm Coleman, usually a Bush ally. “I will urge my colleagues to proceed cautiously and measure twice.”

 

Oh, and the Army Corps of Engineers budget has been cut again. Sen. Vitter (R-LA) is outraged about that.

These sorts of cuts in the past are what led to cutting corners. And that led to catastrophic flooding in New Orleans. The Administration has to remember that most of that flooding was a man-made, not natural, disaster.”

 

NMLB

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060208/ap_on_...social_security

WASHINGTON - President Bush's budget calls for elimination of a $255 lump-sum death payment that has been part of Social Security for more than 50 years and urges Congress to cut off monthly survivor benefits to 16- and 17-year-old high school dropouts.

 

"After creating record deficits and debt with his budget-busting tax breaks, the president is asking our seniors, our students and our families to clean up his fiscal mess with painful cuts in health care and student aid,"... "We can do better than this immoral and irresponsible budget." -- Harry Tellin' it like it is Reid.

 

http://www.warresisters.org/piechart.htm

 

 

There are no fucking cuts in any services.

Its a reduction in the % increase every year.


Did I not explain that to you before?

 

Libs can't grasp the concept.

 

I'm sure your spin will be comforting to senior citizens with rising health care costs.