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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:57:28 -0400
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From: Dave Morris <thecat &AElig umich.edu>
Subject: Fwd: Save health care, student loans, Amtrak and PBS (again!)
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Does anyone know anything about this?

As usual it doesn't provide a balanced picture- are they also proposing 
a similar level of cuts from the military and congressional salaries 
and other programs, or is it really just a political agenda? If it were 
an across the board 10% cut, you could still make it out to sound like 
this.

But it does make me wonder why they'd propose this now and not when 
they spent far more on Iraq?

Dave

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> House  Republicans have called for nearly $1 trillion in cuts to vital 
> national  services to pay for Katrina. But we can fully rebuild the 
> Gulf Coast  without cutting services Americans need just by ending 
> Bush's tax cuts for  the wealthy. Please tell Congress today:

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>
> Click Here
>
> Dear MoveOn member,
>
> Last week, congressional Republicans responded to Hurricane Katrina by =
=20
> proposing to cut nearly a trillion dollars from vital national =20
> services, like health care for the poor and elderly, student loans, =20=

> Amtrak, and eliminating the Corporation for Public Broadcasting =20
> (again!).1 Republican leaders in Congress are now gauging the public's =
=20
> response to see if they can get away with their plan. We need to show =20=

> them the answer is "no."
>
> The cost of rebuilding the Gulf Coast, while huge, is far less than =20=

> what President Bush has given away in tax cuts to the wealthiest one =20=

> percent.2 National crises like Hurricanes Rita and Katrina are times =20=

> for all Americans to stick together and put in our fair share.
>
> So today we're launching an urgent petition to Congress to fully =20
> rebuild the Gulf Coast and pay for it by ending Bush's tax cuts for =20=

> the very wealthy, not by slashing vital services that Americans need. =20=

> If we can gather a quarter million signatures this week, we can show =20=

> them that this destructive plan just won't fly.
>
> Please sign today:
>
> http://www.political.moveon.org/rebuild/?id=3D6043-6379796-=20
> wlNPUafXDQNy1kFQQUrakQ&t=3D3
>
> The Republican proposal, titled "Operation Offset," was authored by =20=

> the Republican Study Committee, a group of over 100 influential =20
> members of Congress, including powerful committee chairs and members =20=

> of the Republican leadership.3 The proposal starts with support from =20=

> at least these 100 representatives, and they are looking to quickly =20=

> build momentum.
>
> A full reconstruction of the Gulf Coast region is generally estimated =20=

> to cost around $200 billion.4 We could more than meet this cost by =20
> rolling back Bush's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for just the wealthiest one =
=20
> percent of the country, which would save us an estimated $327 =20
> billion.5
>
> "Operation Offset," however, calls for an astounding $949 billion =20
> dollars in cuts over 10 years to vital national services.6=97almost =
five =20
> times the full cost of reconstruction. To further put that in =20
> perspective, it's also more than 4 times what we've spent in Iraq.7
>
> This plan is not about "offsetting," or rebuilding=97it's about =20
> exploiting this crisis to push their longstanding goals for America. =20=

> As conservative movement leader Grover Norquist has often put it, the =20=

> goal is to get government "down to the size where we can drown it in =20=

> the bathtub."8 This proposal is their latest attempt to drown the =20
> public sector.
>
> The excess of the Republicans' proposed cuts is almost unbelievable. =20=

> You can read the full proposal here:
>
> http://www.political.moveon.org/images/operation_offset/=20
> operation_offset.htm?id=3D6043-6379796-wlNPUafXDQNy1kFQQUrakQ&t=3D4
>
> Here are just some of the most egregious cuts:
> 	=95 	$225 billion cut from Medicaid, the last-resort health =
insurance =20
> program for the very poor.
> 	=95 	$200 billion cut from Medicare, the health care safety =
net for the =20
> elderly and the disabled.
> 	=95 	$25 billion cut from the Centers for Disease Control
> 	=95 	$6.7 billion cut from school lunches for poor children
> 	=95 	$7.5 billion cut from programs to fight global AIDS
> 	=95 	$5.5 billion to eliminate all funding for the =
Corporation for =20
> Public Broadcasting
> 	=95 	$3.6 billion cut to eliminate the National Endowments =
for the Arts =20
> and Humanities
> 	=95 	$8.5 billion cut to eliminate all subsidized loans to =
graduate =20
> students.
> 	=95 	$2.5 billion cut from Amtrak
> 	=95 	$2.5 billion to eliminate the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative
> 	=95 	$417 million cut to eliminate the Minority Business =
Development =20
> Agency
> 	=95 	$4.8 billion cut to eliminate all funding for the Safe =
and =20
> Drug-Free schools program
>
> And the list goes on and on.
>
> Which and how many of these cuts move forward in Congress depends =20
> largely on the public response this week.
>
> As the reconstruction begins our country faces a basic question: Will =20=

> we respond to Katrina by banding together to solve national problems, =20=

> or by helping the wealthy and powerful cut and run while those left =20=

> behind fend for ourselves?
>
> The radical Republicans have spoken up loud and clear with their =20
> answer, and we must respond with ours.
>
> Please sign today:
>
> http://www.political.moveon.org/rebuild/?id=3D6043-6379796-=20
> wlNPUafXDQNy1kFQQUrakQ&t=3D5
>
> Thanks for all that you do.
>
> =96Ben, Tanya, Matt, Justin and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
>  =A0=A0Monday, November 26, 2005
>  =A0=A0
>
> 1 "Lawmakers Prepare Plans to Finance Storm Relief," The New York =20
> Times, September 20th 2005
> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/national/nationalspecial/21cong.html
>  Note: the $500 billion referred to this article only covers section 1 =
=20
> in "Operation Offset". The full proposal has six sections and calls =20=

> for total cuts of $949,674,000,000 over 10 years.
>  See the full proposal here: =20
> http://www.moveonpac.org/images/operation_offset/=20
> operation_offset.htm#total?id=3D6043-6379796-wlNPUafXDQNy1kFQQUrakQ&t=3D=
6
>
> 2 Center for American Progress
> http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/22/progressive-spending/
>
> 3 The Republican Study Committee
>
> http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/about.htm
>
> Some examples of prominent RSC members include:
>
> RSC Founder Rep. John Doolittle (AZ), Republican Conference Secretary
>
> Rep. Eric Cantor (VA) Chief Deputy Majority Whip
>
> Rep. Richard Pombo (CA), Chair, House Committee on Resources
>
> Rep. Joe Barton (TX), Chair, House Committee on Energy and Commerce
>
> 4 "How to spend (almost $1 billion a day)" Time Magazine, September =20=

> 26th, 2005
> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1106310,00.html
>
> 5 Center for American Progress
> http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/22/progressive-spending/
>
> 6 Operation Offset, RSC Budget Options 2005
> http://www.political.moveon.org/images/operation_offset/=20
> operation_offset.htm?id=3D6043-6379796-wlNPUafXDQNy1kFQQUrakQ&t=3D7
>
> 7 Based on a $196 billion dollar cost for the Iraq war to date.
>  National Priorities Project
> http://costofwar.com/
>
> 8 "Grover Norquist: 'Field Marshal' of the Bush Plan", The Nation, May =
=20
> 14th 2001
> http://www.thenation.com/doc/20010514/dreyfuss
>
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