Monday, October 17, 2005

GOP Plans to Gut $50million from Social Programs

WashPost: "Beginning this wk, the House GOP lawmakers will take steps to cut as much as $50 billion from the fiscal 2006 budget for health care for the poor, food stamps and farm supports, as well as considering across-the-board cuts in other programs. Only last month, then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) and other GOP leaders quashed demands within their party for budget cuts to pay for the soaring cost of hurricane relief." Suddenly, the GOPers feel the need to appear fiscally conservative eh? But it ALWAYS comes at the expense of the poor, now doesn't it? Oh well... these social programs don't really HELP people in need anyway... cough... and I can't wait til the 06 campaign kicks up. I want the GOPers to explain how they justified cutting aid to pre-schoolers, sick Vets, and the mentally disabled. Maybe the God Squad will claim it was what Jesus wanted, eh?
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