List Of 141 Programs Bush Wants To Cut Or Kill

[Gold9472]

Programs Bush Wants to Cut or Kill

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/budget_program_cuts_glance

By The Associated Press Thu Feb 9, 6:21 PM ET

The 141 programs that President Bush proposed to eliminate or cut in his 2007 budget, with potential savings in millions:

TERMINATIONS:

AGRICULTURE

Microbiological data program, $6 million.

Community Connect broadband grants, $9 million.

Commodity supplemental food program, $107 million.

Research and extension grant earmarks, $196 million.

Ocean freight differential grants, $77 million.

Forest service economic action program, $10 million.

High cost energy grants, $26 million.

Public broadcast grants, $5 million.

Watershed protection and flood prevention operations, $75 million.

Total $511 million

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COMMERCE

Advanced technology program, $79 million.

Emergency steel guarantee loan program $49 million

Telecommunications construction grants $22 million

Total $150 million

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EDUCATION

Educational technology state grants, $272 million

Even Start, $99 million

High school programs terminations:

Vocational education state grants, $1,182 million

Vocational education national programs, $9 million

Upward Bound, $311 million

GEAR UP, $303 million

Talent search, $145 million

Tech prep state grants, $105 million

Smaller learning communities, $94 million

Safe and Drug-Free Schools state grants, $347 million

Elementary and secondary education program terminations:

Parental information and resource centers, $40 million

Arts in education, $35 million

Elementary and secondary school counseling, $35 million

Alcohol abuse reduction, $32 million

Civic education, $29 million

National Writing Project, $22 million

Star Schools, $15 million

School leadership,$15 million

Ready to Teach, $11 million

Javits gifted and talented education, $10 million

Exchanges with Historic Whaling and Trading Partners, $9 million

Comprehensive school reform, $8 million

Dropout prevention program, $5 million

Mental Health integration in schools, $5 million

Women's Educational Equity, $3 million

Academies for American History and Civics, $2 million

Close-Up fellowships, $1 million

Foundations for Learning, $1 million

Excellence in Economic Education, $1 million

Higher Education Programs:

Education demos for students with disabilities, $7 million

Underground Railroad Program, $2 million

State grants for incarcerated youth offenders, $23 million

Postsecondary Student Financial Assistance Programs:

Perkins Loan cancellations, $65 million

Leveraging educational assistance programs, $65 million

Byrd Scholarships, $41 million

Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational opportunity, $3 million

B.J. Stupak Olympic scholarships, $1 million

_Vocational rehabilitation programs:

Supported employment, $30 million

Projects with industry, $20 million

Recreational programs, $3 million

Migrant and seasonal farmworkers,$2 million

Teacher Quality Enhancement, $60 million

Total $3,468 million

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ENERGY

University nuclear energy program, $27 million

Oil and gas research and development, $64 million

Geothermal technology program, $23 million

Total $114 million

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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control preventive block grant, $99 million

Real Choice System Change grants, $25 million

Community services block grant, $630 million

Community economic development, $27 million

Rural community facilities, $7 million

Job opportunities for low-income individuals, $6 million

Maternal and child health small categorical grants, $39 million

Urban Indian Health Program, $33 million

Total $866 million

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HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of grants and training, $229 million

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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

HOPE VI, $198 million

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INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs Johnson-O'Malley assistance grants, $16 million

Land and water conservation fund state recreation grants, $28 million

National Park Service statutory aid, $7 million

Rural fire assistance, $10 million

Total $61 million

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JUSTICE

Byrne discretionary grants, $189 million

Byrne justice assistance grants, $327 million

Community Oriented Policing Services technology grants, $128 million

Juvenile accountability block grants, $49 million

National Drug Intelligence Center, $23 million

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, $400 million

Total $1,116 million

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LABOR

America's Job Bank, $15 million

Denali Commission job training earmark, $7 million

Migrant and seasonal farmworkers training program, $79 million

Reintegration of youthful offenders, $49 million

Susan Harwood training grants, $10 million

Work incentive grants, $20 million

Total $180 million

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TRANSPORTATION

National defense tank vessel construction program, $74 million

Railroad rehabilitation financing loan program, $0 million (no funds were enacted in 2006)

Total $74 million

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Unrequested projects, $277 million

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OTHER AGENCIES

National Civilian Community Corps, $22 million

President's Freedom scholarships, $4 million

National Veterans Business Development Corporation, $1 million

Small Business Administration microloan program, $14 million

Postal Service forgone revenue appropriation, $29 million

Total $70 million

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MAJOR REDUCTIONS:

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AGRICULTURE

Conservation operations, $77 million

Resource conservation and development program, $25 million

State and private forestry, $100 million

In-house research, $123 million

Environmental quality incentives program, $270 million

Market access program, $100 million

Rural Economic development grants, $89 million

Watershed rehabilitation program, $ 65 million

Farmland protection program, $47 million

Value-added marketing grants, $40 million

Wildlife habitat incentives program, $30 million

Agricultural management assistance, $14 million

Broadband, $10 million

Ground and surface water conservation, $9 million

Renewable energy program, $3 million

Biomass research and development, $2 million

Total $1004 million

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COMMERCE

Manufacturing extension partnership, $59 million

Technology administration, $5 million

Total $64 million

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EDUCATION

Perkins Loans Institutional Fund recall, $664 million

Teaching American history, $71 million

Physical education, $47 million

Mentoring program, $30 million

Total 811 million

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ENERGY

Environmental management, $762 million

Weatherization assistance program, $79 million

Clean Coal Power initiative, $45 million

Total $886 million

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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Service Administration- Children's Graduate Medical Education, $198

HRSA Health professions, $136 million

HRSA Poison control centers, $10 million

HRSA Rural health, $133 million

Social Services block grant, $500 million

Substance abuse and mental health programs, $71 million

Total $1,048 million

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HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of grants and training, $694 million

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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Public housing capital fund, $261 million

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INTERIOR

BIA school construction, $50 million

Bureau of Reclamation reductions, $127 million

USGS Mineral Resources program, $22 million

Total $199 million

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LABOR

State job training grants consolidation, $514 million

International Labor Affairs Bureau, $61 million

Office of Disability Employment Policy, $8 million

Total $583 million

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TRANSPORTATION

Amtrak, $394 million

Federal Aviation Administration, Airport improvement program, $765 million

Total $1,159 million

TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service business systems modernization, $30 million

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Alaska Native villages, $19 million

Clean water state revolving fund, $199 million

Total $218 million

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INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

Assistance for Eastern European democracy, $83 million

Assistance for the state of the former Soviet Union, $68 million

Total $160 million

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Aeronautics Mission Research Directorate, $160 million

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OTHER AGENCIES

Corporation for Public Broadcasting, $114 million

Denali Commission, $47 million

National Archives and Records Administration, $8 million

Total $169 million

[Gold9472]

Oil and gas research and development, $64 million

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[beltman713]

Education 4.5 Billion=A lot of children left behind.

[PhilosophyGenius]

Years of progress all down the drain.

[jetsetlemming]

So, how does this cause "the nation's biggest deficit" again?

[PhilosophyGenius]

So, how does this cause "the nation's biggest deficit" again?

These cuts don't...massive spending on the military and huge tax cuts for the rich do. Not to mention the bad economy which means less revanue.

[jetsetlemming]

The tax cuts aren't just for the rich, though they benifit those who pay more more (because it's a percentage cut, not a solid number), and those cuts lead to people spending more (because they have more), which stimulates the economy and increases businesses's profits, which increase the taxes paid by businesses to the government. If it weren't for the effects of the hurricanes and gas prices, the economy would be going great. As it is, it is in no way bad. It is merely okay.

[PhilosophyGenius]

True the middle class gets some tax cuts but there paying through the roof for everything else (engergy, school, ect..). While the upper class gets major tax cuts in everything.

Also, does it make sense that your taking in less money in a slow economy and cutting taxes for major corporations while spending through the roof on the military and pork-barrell projects? The answer is no.

[jetsetlemming]

The economy isn't slow, and he's cutting the pork-barrel projects.

[beltman713]

Since when is education pork-barrel?

[PhilosophyGenius]

Education became pork-barrel since Bush took office.

And by real pork-barrel I'm reffering to that highway bill months back which wasted millions (or billions) of dollars in things that werent even necessary. Like building a bridge in the middle of no where for people who don't need it.

[jetsetlemming]

Education became pork barrel when some genius decided bad teachers can be made into good teachers by throwing money at them. If you just give them money, it isn't an incentive! You have to actually pay them more WHEN they teach well!

[beltman713]

So let me get this straight. Because you might have a few bad teachers, you should just stop funding education?

[Uber Commandante]

Here is another example of tax cuts that Bush wants to pass: no taxes paid on dividends that corporations pay out to investors. In other words, he is saying that when a corporation makes dividend payments to its investor/owners that they shall pay no taxes on it. OK - so, 1) how may corporations make dividend payments? not that many, and they are not large payments.

BUT...

If I am the owner of a corporation that makes say, $1million a year, I can pay myself a salary of $30,000, and then have the corporation pay me a dividend of $970,000, and VOILA, I made $1million and only paid taxes on $30,000.

Likewise, a corporation can choose to pay its executives and Class A stock owners a hefty dividend and VOILA again, no taxes.

In this way, the politico-corporate aristocracy can continue to consolidate wealth that can then be transferred into more power, which can be parlayed into more wealth, and so on, and so on.

Neat, huh? Once you see how to play the game, it all makes sense.

[Gold9472]

Here is another example of tax cuts that Bush wants to pass: no taxes paid on dividends that corporations pay out to investors. In other words, he is saying that when a corporation makes dividend payments to its investor/owners that they shall pay no taxes on it. OK - so, 1) how may corporations make dividend payments? not that many, and they are not large payments.

BUT...

If I am the owner of a corporation that makes say, $1million a year, I can pay myself a salary of $30,000, and then have the corporation pay me a dividend of $970,000, and VOILA, I made $1million and only paid taxes on $30,000.

Likewise, a corporation can choose to pay its executives and Class A stock owners a hefty dividend and VOILA again, no taxes.

In this way, the politico-corporate aristocracy can continue to consolidate wealth that can then be transferred into more power, which can be parlayed into more wealth, and so on, and so on.

Neat, huh? Once you see how to play the game, it all makes sense.

:bowdown:

[Uber Commandante]

:bowdown:

R U fucking with me, Gold? I will shave your balls close!

[Uber Commandante]

I'm not really sure what that meant, it just popped into my head.

[Gold9472]

I'm not really sure what that meant, it just popped into my head.

Um... ok... :lol: No... I can't explain those things because I'm a financial retard.

[jetsetlemming]

Here is another example of tax cuts that Bush wants to pass: no taxes paid on dividends that corporations pay out to investors. In other words, he is saying that when a corporation makes dividend payments to its investor/owners that they shall pay no taxes on it. OK - so, 1) how may corporations make dividend payments? not that many, and they are not large payments.

BUT...

If I am the owner of a corporation that makes say, $1million a year, I can pay myself a salary of $30,000, and then have the corporation pay me a dividend of $970,000, and VOILA, I made $1million and only paid taxes on $30,000.

Likewise, a corporation can choose to pay its executives and Class A stock owners a hefty dividend and VOILA again, no taxes.

In this way, the politico-corporate aristocracy can continue to consolidate wealth that can then be transferred into more power, which can be parlayed into more wealth, and so on, and so on.

Neat, huh? Once you see how to play the game, it all makes sense.
Which is why I'm a huge supporter of a flat tax system. I heard a report on the news about the IRS, and the way it talks about taxes, you'd think taking money is a god given priveledge. "The IRS was underpaid..." and "The IRS got 55 million less than what it was owed..."