The real problem with budgets
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Everyone loves the idea of the government spending less money, as long as it doesn't affect their city/state/region. As the Obama administration prepares to detail its proposed 17 billion in tax cuts, resistance is gearing up to fight specific cuts.
For instance, there's the Even Start program, designed to help low income families become literate. The Bush administration tried to cut it, and it's on the chopping block under Obama. Both administrations cite low performance scores for the the program. But the House likes the program and will probably vote to keep it, as it provides money to local communities and supporting a program that promotes literacy looks better than proposing a program that kills it.
For instance, there's the Even Start program, designed to help low income families become literate. The Bush administration tried to cut it, and it's on the chopping block under Obama. Both administrations cite low performance scores for the the program. But the House likes the program and will probably vote to keep it, as it provides money to local communities and supporting a program that promotes literacy looks better than proposing a program that kills it.
Posted by brandonb at 4:24 AM on May 7th 2009
Slow down Obama, you don't want to start slashing too much!
The Defense budget got a 4% raise, but so did the NEA (though of course the amounts are wildly different), so it kinda evens out goal wise.