Top 10 Worst Things about the Republicans’ Immoral Budget
According to one group of concerned Americans (Move On) here are reasons enough to recall youor congressmen–if they don’t leave Washington, DC on their own and stop any quorum from functioning.–KAS
Top 10 Worst Things about the Republicans’ Immoral Budget
The Republican budget would:
1. Destroy 700,000 jobs, according to an independent economic analysis.
2. Zero out federal funding for National Public Radio and public television.
3. Cut $1.3 billion from community health centers—which will deprive more than 3 million low-income people of health care over the next few months.
4. Cut nearly a billion dollars in food and health care assistance to pregnant women, new moms, and children.
5. Kick more than 200,000 children out of pre-school by cutting funds for Head Start.
6. Force states to fire 65,000 teachers and aides, dramatically increasing class sizes, thanks to education cuts.
7. Cut some or all financial aid for 9.4 million low- and middle-income college students.
8. Slash $1.6 billion from the National Institutes of Health, a cut that experts say would “send shockwaves” through cancer research, likely result in cuts to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s research, and cause job losses.
9. End the only federal family planning program, including cutting all federal funding that goes to Planned Parenthood to support cancer screenings and other women’s health care.
10. Send 10,000 low-income veterans into homelessness by cutting in half the number of veterans who get housing vouchers this year.
We’ve got to get the word out about this awful budget—right away. Please, share this with your friends on Facebook and Twitter, or by forwarding this email, today.
Sources:
1. “GOP spending plan would cost 700,000 jobs, new report says,” The Washington Post, February 28, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206357&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=6
2. “GOP budget would cut funding for public broadcasting,” The Washington Independent, February 14, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206513&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=7
3. “NACHC Statement in Response to the Budget from the House Appropriations Committee,” National Association of Community Health Centers website, accessed March 4, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206514&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=8
4.”Bye Bye, Big Bird. Hello, E. Coli.,” The New Republic, February 12, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206104&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=9
House Republican Spending Cuts Target Programs For Children And Pregnant Women
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206566&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=10
5. “Obama and the GOP’s Spending Cuts: Where’s the Outrage?” Mother Jones, February 18, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206569&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=11
6. Ibid.
7. “Deficit Reduction on the Backs of the Most Vulnerable,” Center for American Progress, March 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206518&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=12 (PDF)
8. “The GOP Budget and Cancer—Why New Research Is at Risk,” Politics Daily, February 27, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206515&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=13
“Republican Budget Cuts at Heart of Medical Research: Albert Hunt,” Bloomberg, February 20, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206516&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=14
“Durbin: Cuts to NIH put research jobs at risk,” Business Week, February 28, 2011
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9LLSCB00.htm
9. “GOP Spending Plan: X-ing Out Title X Family Planning Funds,” Wall Street Journal, February 9, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206105&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=15
10. “House GOP Spending Cuts Would Prevent 10,000 Low-Income Veterans From Receiving Housing Assistance,” Think Progress, March 1, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206517&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=16
Want to support our work? We’re entirely funded by our 5 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way.
Top 10 Worst Things about the Republicans’ Immoral Budget
The Republican budget would:
1. Destroy 700,000 jobs, according to an independent economic analysis.
2. Zero out federal funding for National Public Radio and public television.
3. Cut $1.3 billion from community health centers—which will deprive more than 3 million low-income people of health care over the next few months.
4. Cut nearly a billion dollars in food and health care assistance to pregnant women, new moms, and children.
5. Kick more than 200,000 children out of pre-school by cutting funds for Head Start.
6. Force states to fire 65,000 teachers and aides, dramatically increasing class sizes, thanks to education cuts.
7. Cut some or all financial aid for 9.4 million low- and middle-income college students.
8. Slash $1.6 billion from the National Institutes of Health, a cut that experts say would “send shockwaves” through cancer research, likely result in cuts to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s research, and cause job losses.
9. End the only federal family planning program, including cutting all federal funding that goes to Planned Parenthood to support cancer screenings and other women’s health care.
10. Send 10,000 low-income veterans into homelessness by cutting in half the number of veterans who get housing vouchers this year.
We’ve got to get the word out about this awful budget—right away. Please, share this with your friends on Facebook and Twitter, or by forwarding this email, today.
Sources:
1. “GOP spending plan would cost 700,000 jobs, new report says,” The Washington Post, February 28, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206357&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=6
2. “GOP budget would cut funding for public broadcasting,” The Washington Independent, February 14, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206513&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=7
3. “NACHC Statement in Response to the Budget from the House Appropriations Committee,” National Association of Community Health Centers website, accessed March 4, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206514&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=8
4.”Bye Bye, Big Bird. Hello, E. Coli.,” The New Republic, February 12, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206104&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=9
House Republican Spending Cuts Target Programs For Children And Pregnant Women
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206566&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=10
5. “Obama and the GOP’s Spending Cuts: Where’s the Outrage?” Mother Jones, February 18, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206569&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=11
6. Ibid.
7. “Deficit Reduction on the Backs of the Most Vulnerable,” Center for American Progress, March 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206518&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=12 (PDF)
8. “The GOP Budget and Cancer—Why New Research Is at Risk,” Politics Daily, February 27, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206515&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=13
“Republican Budget Cuts at Heart of Medical Research: Albert Hunt,” Bloomberg, February 20, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206516&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=14
“Durbin: Cuts to NIH put research jobs at risk,” Business Week, February 28, 2011
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9LLSCB00.htm
9. “GOP Spending Plan: X-ing Out Title X Family Planning Funds,” Wall Street Journal, February 9, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206105&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=15
10. “House GOP Spending Cuts Would Prevent 10,000 Low-Income Veterans From Receiving Housing Assistance,” Think Progress, March 1, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206517&id=26412-4797084-7s8_Knx&t=16
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posted by Kevin Anthony Stoda at 11:09 AM
5 Comments:
Kevin,
This past weekend, while Scott Walker was threatening to fire a bunch of people, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin was collecting recall petition signatures, threatening to fire Scott Walker's Senators.
The recall has begun in Wisconsin, and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin is the central organizing hub. As such, we've added the Democratic Party of Wisconsin to Orange to Blue.
Can you contribute $8 to the recall effort, $1 for each of the eight targeted Republican Senators?
We are winning this fight. Polls show Scott Walker's approval rating dropping fast, and a clear majority of Wisconsin siding with the unions and the middle class. We are outnumbering the other side at rallies by margins of 5-1, 10-1, and even 35-1.
With numbers like those, we are in a good position to win the recall elections. The first step is gathering enough signatures to make the elections happen. Over 250 Kossacks in Wisconsin have signed up to help canvass--can you back them up by contributing $8 to the Wisconsin Democratic Party on Orange to Blue?
Man, it sure feels good to be winning. It will feel even better when we win.
In solidarity,
Chris Bowers
Campaign Director, Daily Kos
Kevin --
Over the next 11 days, the President will ask Republicans to make a choice:
Set aside party politics -- or risk 14,200 Missouri jobs.
Because if a budget agreement isn't reached by next Friday, the government will shut down -- and the President has made clear that the current plan as proposed by congressional Republicans is not acceptable.
The final budget cannot be dictated solely by one party or a narrow set of interests -- it will affect every American.
That's why true leadership means making tough choices and putting people before party or ideology.
And that's the kind of leadership we need over the next 11 days.
The President is calling on both sides to come together, but it's up to us to show Republicans in Congress that we have his back. As negotiations heat up, we all need to speak out to make sure they get the message.
Stand with the President by signing your name today -- and OFA volunteers will deliver your signatures to House Republicans and make sure your voice is not ignored.
Congressional Republicans have less than two weeks to come to the table and help craft a responsible funding plan that won't derail economic growth.
President Obama has laid out a plan that reduces the deficit by a trillion dollars. He's committed to finding common ground to cut wasteful spending, but he won't go along with a plan that eliminates nearly a million jobs, guts investments in education and innovation, and ends protections that keep our food safe and air and water clean.
We simply cannot afford any proposal that weakens our country or sets us back.
The Republican budget:
-- Prevents the government from implementing health reform, rolling back critical patient protections and cost savings, and returning control of your health care to insurance companies;
-- Slashes funding for preventive health services that millions of American women depend on through Planned Parenthood -- and eliminates 3,800 community health center jobs across Missouri;
-- Guts investments in education and infrastructure that will grow the economy and create jobs;
Please add your name in support of the President today:
http://my.barackobama.com/Stand-Up-For-Jobs
Thanks,
Mitch
Mitch Stewart
Director
Organizing for America
Wisconsin Democrats who fled the state said Sunday "they planned to come back from exile soon" and "let the full Senate vote on Gov. Scott Walker's [R] 'budget-repair' bill," which includes anti-union provisions. Democrats said that, while their return will allow the bill to pass, the "disastrous" bill has hurt Walker's popularity and will "give Democrats more leverage to seek changes in a broader two-year budget bill."
According to a Wisconsin Policy Research Institute poll, 65 percent of Wisconsinites want Walker to compromise with Democrats on the anti-union bill. The poll also found that "just more than half" surveyed have an "unfavorable view" of Walker and that 59 percent hold a favorable view of unions.
HERE IS THE REAL ISSUE AMERICA–if I have to remind you.–KAS
Dear MoveOn member,
The struggle in Wisconsin is still ongoing, but MoveOn members like you have already played a pivotal role in fighting back against Governor Scott Walker’s radical attack on workers’ rights.
Walker expected his budget bill to sail through, but instead, it’s sparked a national backlash and energized millions of people. And that’s thanks, in part, to you.
Since the fight began:
* Thousands of Wisconsin MoveOn members attended the massive demonstrations in Madison, made calls to their state legislators, and sent almost 10,000 messages to Governor Walker, which protesters plastered all over the walls outside Walker’s office when he refused to accept them.
* MoveOn members contributed more than $100,000 to the Wisconsin 14, the brave Democratic state senators who left the state to prevent Republicans from jamming through Walker’s proposal—providing them a huge boost to fight back against Republican attacks.
* MoveOn members sent more than 260,000 statements of support to the Wisconsin 14. We delivered the statements—all 5,700 pages of them—to State Senator Chris Larson. He was thrilled to share them with his colleagues and posted on Facebook: “Thank you for standing with us! (And yes, people actually do get paper copies of those forms you fill out online. Thank you MoveOn.org).”
* MoveOn members nationwide contributed more than $445,000 to support the efforts to recall the Republican state senators who refuse to negotiate. The folks running the recall report they’re off to an amazing start, beating their signature goal in the first weekend by 35%, and they’re hugely grateful for the early fundraising.
* MoveOn members held solidarity rallies in every state capital—our biggest in years, and on just four days’ notice—to say that we are all Wisconsin and we won’t stand by while Republicans try to kill the American Dream.
It’s an amazing and inspiring list. And this fight is far from over. Even if Governor Walker manages to push through his disastrous proposal, the recall efforts targeting Republicans are already off to an amazing start and several of those who support Walker could be thrown out of office as soon as June.
With similar fights happening across the country and in Washington, we’ve got a long way to go before we put the American Dream back in reach for all Americans. But Wisconsin has sparked a national uprising and given us the strength to fight back.
For the moment though, we just wanted to take the time to say thanks, for all you do.
–Daniel, Joan, Kat, Lenore, and the rest of the team
P.S. With Republicans in Washington pushing devastating federal budget cuts—to education, student loans, NPR, environmental protection, family planning, health and nutrition programs for pregnant women and small children, and more—we’re looking to highlight the stories of those who’d be affected by the cuts. If any of the Republican budget cuts would affect you or your family, please click here to share your story:
http://pol.moveon.org/budgetcutstories/?id=26435-4797084-7aIVQyx&t=6
Although the quote is misplaced–because it comes from a time when an economy booms and came in an email from someone who is dependent on DOD retirement money–I will share someone else’s opinion.namely Ciceros’–kAS
What have we learned in 2,064 years
“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled,
public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be
tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should
be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to
work, instead of living on public assistance.”
– Cicero – 55 BC
So, evidently nothing..
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