Republicans' Proposed Cuts to Offset Cost of Rebuilding Gulf Coast

List of 12 items
. $225 billion cut from Medicaid, the last-resort health insurance program
for the very poor.
. $200 billion cut from Medicare, the health care safety net for the elderly
and the disabled.
. $25 billion cut from the Centers for Disease Control
. $6.7 billion cut from school lunches for poor children
. $7.5 billion cut from programs to fight global AIDS
. $5.5 billion to eliminate all funding for the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting
. $3.6 billion cut to eliminate the National Endowments for the Arts and
Humanities
. $8.5 billion cut to eliminate all subsidized loans to graduate students.
. $2.5 billion cut from Amtrak
. $2.5 billion to eliminate the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative
. $417 million cut to eliminate the Minority Business Development Agency
. $4.8 billion cut to eliminate all funding for the Safe and Drug-Free
schools program
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Posted by Miriam V.