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Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
edited February 2011 in A Moving Train
WARNING: this is a fox news artical ! :lol:

http://www.foxnews.com/

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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers today announced a partial list of 70 spending cuts that will be included in an upcoming Continuing Resolution (CR) bill. The CR legislation will fund the federal government for the seven months remaining in the fiscal year and prevent a government wide shut-down, while significantly reducing the massive increases in discretionary spending enacted in the last several years by a Democrat majority. A full list of program cuts will be released when the bill is formally introduced.

    The total spending cuts in the CR will exceed $74 billion, including $58 billion in non-security discretionary spending reductions. The statement by Chairman Rogers on these cuts follows:

    “Never before has Congress undertaken a task of this magnitude. The cuts in this CR will represent the largest reduction in discretionary spending in the history of our nation.

    “While making these cuts is hard, we have a unique opportunity to right our fiscal ship and begin to reduce our massive deficits and debt. We have taken a wire brush to the discretionary budget and scoured every program to find real savings that are responsible and justifiable to the American people.

    “Make no mistake, these cuts are not low-hanging fruit. These cuts are real and will impact every District across the country - including my own. As I have often said, every dollar we cut has a constituency, an industry, an association, and individual citizens who will disagree with us. But with this CR, we will respond to the millions of Americans who have called on this Congress to rein in spending to help our economy grow and our businesses create jobs.”

    The List of 70 Spending Cuts to be Included in the CR follows:

    · Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies -$30M
    · Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -$899M
    · Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability -$49M
    · Nuclear Energy -$169M
    · Fossil Energy Research -$31M
    · Clean Coal Technology -$18M
    · Strategic Petroleum Reserve -$15M
    · Energy Information Administration -$34M
    · Office of Science -$1.1B
    · Power Marketing Administrations -$52M
    · Department of Treasury -$268M
    · Internal Revenue Service -$593M
    · Treasury Forfeiture Fund -$338M
    · GSA Federal Buildings Fund -$1.7B
    · ONDCP -$69M
    · International Trade Administration -$93M
    · Economic Development Assistance -$16M
    · Minority Business Development Agency -$2M
    · National Institute of Standards and Technology -$186M
    · NOAA -$336M
    · National Drug Intelligence Center -$11M
    · Law Enforcement Wireless Communications -$52M
    · US Marshals Service -$10M
    · FBI -$74M
    · State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance -$256M
    · Juvenile Justice -$2.3M
    · COPS -$600M
    · NASA -$379M
    · NSF -$139M
    · Legal Services Corporation -$75M
    · EPA -$1.6B
    · Food Safety and Inspection Services -$53M
    · Farm Service Agency -$201M
    · Agriculture Research -$246M
    · Natural Resource Conservation Service -$46M
    · Rural Development Programs -$237M
    · WIC -$758M
    · International Food Aid grants -$544M
    · FDA -$220M
    · Land and Water Conservation Fund -$348M
    · National Archives and Record Service -$20M
    · DOE Loan Guarantee Authority -$1.4B
    · EPA ENERGY STAR -$7.4M
    · EPA GHG Reporting Registry -$9M
    · USGS -$27M
    · EPA Cap and Trade Technical Assistance -$5M
    · EPA State and Local Air Quality Management -$25M
    · Fish and Wildlife Service -$72M
    · Smithsonian -$7.3M
    · National Park Service -$51M
    · Clean Water State Revolving Fund -$700M
    · Drinking Water State Revolving Fund -$250M
    · EPA Brownfields -$48M
    · Forest Service -$38M
    · National Endowment for the Arts -$6M
    · National Endowment for the Humanities -$6M
    · Job Training Programs -$2B
    · Community Health Centers -$1.3B
    · Maternal and Child Health Block Grants -$210M
    · Family Planning -$327M
    · Poison Control Centers -$27M
    · CDC -$755M
    · NIH -$1B
    · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services -$96M
    · LIHEAP Contingency fund -$400M
    · Community Services Block Grant -$405M
    · High Speed Rail -$1B
    · FAA Next Gen -$234M
    · Amtrak -$224M
    · HUD Community Development Fund -$530M

    (All reductions are compared to the President’s fiscal year 2011 request)
  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    :lol:

    job creation, huh...?

    :lol:
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    I've read it twice, i know there got to be military cuts but i keep missing them, let me try again.
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    inmytree wrote:
    :lol:

    job creation, huh...?

    :lol:

    I was thinking that same thing, it sez how much is being cut but not how much each place
    is currently getting,that would be interesting to see also.

    Godfather.
  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    Godfather. wrote:
    inmytree wrote:
    :lol:

    job creation, huh...?

    :lol:

    I was thinking that same thing, it sez how much is being cut but not how much each place
    is currently getting,that would be interesting to see also.

    Godfather.

    I'd like to see that too...

    I'd also like to see how many jobs will be lost as a result of these cuts...
  • he still standshe still stands Posts: 2,835
    "The total spending cuts in the CR will exceed $74 billion..."

    OR

    the US could sell 34 of their B-52 bombers, which cost $2.2 BILLION per plane.

    We'd still have 51 left over to "keep us safe," instead of cutting programs that actually help people.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhI0OVs_zj0
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  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    he still stands wrote:
    "The total spending cuts in the CR will exceed $74 billion..."

    OR

    the US could sell 34 of their B-52 bombers, which cost $2.2 BILLION per plane.

    We'd still have 51 left over to "keep us safe," instead of cutting programs that actually help people.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhI0OVs_zj0
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    edited February 2011
    he still stands wrote:
    "The total spending cuts in the CR will exceed $74 billion..."

    OR

    the US could sell 34 of their B-52 bombers, which cost $2.2 BILLION per plane.

    We'd still have 51 left over to "keep us safe," instead of cutting programs that actually help people.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhI0OVs_zj0

    No but you see we MUST continue to have and KEEP an overwhelming military force at an unending amount of money spent maintaining it.

    Peace
    Post edited by g under p on
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  • FiveB247xFiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    Why do we want to "sell" any military equipment? How bout we just cut down on selling and creating more weapons in hopes it makes the world and our nation a safer place? Albeit ridiculously out of whack, some of our military budget could be used to improve our nation... quell terrorism, crime, border security and many other areas. It's just about proper budgeting and appropriations for spending. If we spend on future creation of war materials, guess what... we'll be at war in the future. Selling arms doesn't help anyone.
    he still stands wrote:
    "The total spending cuts in the CR will exceed $74 billion..."

    OR

    the US could sell 34 of their B-52 bombers, which cost $2.2 BILLION per plane.

    We'd still have 51 left over to "keep us safe," instead of cutting programs that actually help people.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhI0OVs_zj0
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • he still standshe still stands Posts: 2,835
    FiveB247x wrote:
    Why do we want to "sell" any military equipment? How bout we just cut down on selling and creating more weapons in hopes it makes the world and our nation a safer place? Albeit ridiculously out of whack, some of our military budget could be used to improve our nation... quell terrorism, crime, border security and many other areas. It's just about proper budgeting and appropriations for spending. If we spend on future creation of war materials, guess what... we'll be at war in the future. Selling arms doesn't help anyone.
    he still stands wrote:
    "The total spending cuts in the CR will exceed $74 billion..."

    OR

    the US could sell 34 of their B-52 bombers, which cost $2.2 BILLION per plane.

    We'd still have 51 left over to "keep us safe," instead of cutting programs that actually help people.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhI0OVs_zj0

    Yeah I just made the point about "selling" them because the money has already been spent... but we're still spending

    54 FUCKING PERCENT

    of your federal tax dollar on military expenses (including paying for financing old wars).

    And some people are worried about $6M for the National Endowment for the Arts. For you math dummies, that is 0.27% of the cost of ONE B-52 bomber... and we have 85 of 'em. And B-52 bombers are a microscopically tiny portion of the whole military budget, of course.

    ARE WE SAFE YET???
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    he still stands wrote:
    FiveB247x wrote:
    Why do we want to "sell" any military equipment? How bout we just cut down on selling and creating more weapons in hopes it makes the world and our nation a safer place? Albeit ridiculously out of whack, some of our military budget could be used to improve our nation... quell terrorism, crime, border security and many other areas. It's just about proper budgeting and appropriations for spending. If we spend on future creation of war materials, guess what... we'll be at war in the future. Selling arms doesn't help anyone.
    he still stands wrote:
    "The total spending cuts in the CR will exceed $74 billion..."

    OR

    the US could sell 34 of their B-52 bombers, which cost $2.2 BILLION per plane.

    We'd still have 51 left over to "keep us safe," instead of cutting programs that actually help people.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhI0OVs_zj0

    Yeah I just made the point about "selling" them because the money has already been spent... but we're still spending

    54 FUCKING PERCENT

    of your federal tax dollar on military expenses (including paying for financing old wars).

    And some people are worried about $6M for the National Endowment for the Arts. For you math dummies, that is 0.27% of the cost of ONE B-52 bomber... and we have 85 of 'em. And B-52 bombers are a microscopically tiny portion of the whole military budget, of course.

    ARE WE SAFE YET???

    if you live in the USA your probably safer than some,military spending is not just bombs and war planes,
    I think it's also stuff like MALD (miniature air launched decoy) which protects planes from missile attacks
    and there is other stuff that is used for home land security so that you are safe.

    Godfather.
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    with out military spending we would be in deep shit,the world is not a bunch of hippies smoking dope and talking about peace love and understanding and watching sponge bob square pants, in my opinion there are 2 places where we don't spend enough money, defense and education, there are lots of bull shit grants out there that can be either reduced or cut completely to save money...and you don't have ask me what they are because you might not like my cuts. :lol:

    Godfather.
  • he still standshe still stands Posts: 2,835
    :sick::sick::sick::sick::sick::sick::sick::sick::sick::sick::sick::sick::sick:
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    edited February 2011
    It's funny... I don't see any cuts there to any spending by the legislative branch. You know... all of the travel they do on our dime... all of the functions that they put on to entertain donors, that kind of stuff.

    But yeah, lets cut funding for substance abuse and mental health services...

    These cuts have pandering to big business all over them.
    Post edited by blackredyellow on
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    blackredyellow wrote:
    It's funny... I don't see any cuts there to any spending by the legislative branch. You know... all of the travel they do on our dime... all of the functions that they put on to entertain donors, that kind of stuff.

    those would be on my first round cut list. :D


    Godfather.
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