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National Priorities Project Bulletin

 

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The Bush administration released its budget request

for fiscal year 2007 on February 6th. It proposes deep

cuts in domestic programs, totaling a $15 billion loss

in non-security domestic discretionary spending.

 

NPP has just released " The President's Budget: Impact

on the States, " which provides a brief publication for

each state with an overview analysis and local numbers

showing the impact of the proposed budget. The

publication addresses seven different programs or

issue areas: food and nutrition; community

development; the environment; Head Start; Low-Income

Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); education and

community policing.

 

To find your state, go to:

www.nationalpriorities.org/budget07.

 

While the administration claims that the proposed cuts

are necessary to reduce the deficit, the budget would

make the 2001-2003 tax cuts permanent, which would

reduce revenues by $1.7 trillion over the next decade.

The budget also does not include complete funding for

the Iraq or Afghanistan wars, which could add another

$70 billion to the deficit. Excluding war spending,

the Defense Department budget would increase by 7

percent.

 

Breakdowns of the cost of the Iraq War by state are

included in this release at

www.nationalpriorities.org/budget07.

 

Please let us know if and how you use this publication

in your work or your own activism, and please help

spread the word that it is available.

Pamela Schwartz

Outreach Director

pschwartz

413-584-9556

 

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