Monday, February 14, 2005

If you are curious about the details of the Bush 2006 budget

then check out the linked article. You may be interested to find that the budget doesn't include the costs of the Iraq war or SS private accounts. Some cuts include

"$45 billion over 10 years that is to be cut from Medicaid, the shared federal-state health care program for the poor and disabled. Food stamp benefits would be eliminated for 200,000 to 300,000 people, and a freeze in child-care funding would cut the number of low-income children receiving help by 300,000 in 2009."

Alternatively:

"military spending (and this doesn't include the costs of war in Iraq) would rise from $400 billion this fiscal year to $419 billion in 2006 to $492 billion in 2010."

I have some problems with the way that this administration is prioritizing things.

Here's another article with some details on the long-term consequences of the budget, which include deferring a lot of the costs until much later.

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