Nov. 29, 2014

List of Republican Budget Cuts & Notice well that  S.S. and the military are NOT on this list.    ME: Under bush, Repubs spent foolishly too but nowhere near what Obama admin has done

 

These  are all the programs that the new Republican House has proposed  cutting.      Regardless, time is short to cut USA spending and Revise SS & Medicare Ages to start Benefits.

 

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy -- $445 million annual  savings.

* International Fund for Ireland -- $17 million annual  savings.

* Legal Services Corporation -- $420 million annual savings.

* National Endowment for the Arts -- $167.5 million annual savings.

* National Endowment for the Humanities -- $167.5 million annual savings.

* Hope VI Program -- $250 million annual savings.

* Amtrak Subsidies --  $1.565 billion annual savings.

* Eliminate duplicating education programs

 -- H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon , eliminates 68 at a

 savings of $1.3 billion annually.

* U..S. Trade Development Agency -- $55  million annual savings.

* Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy -- $20 million  annual savings.

* Cut in half funding for congressional printing and  binding -- $47 million annual savings.

* John C. Stennis Center Subsidy --  $430,000 annual savings.

* Community Development Fund -- $4.5 billion annual savings.

* Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid -- $24 million  annual savings.

* Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half -- $7.5 billion annual  savings

* Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20% -- $600 million annual  savings.

* Essential Air Service -- $150 million annual savings.

*  Technology Innovation Program -- $70 million annual savings.

*Manufacturing  Extension Partnership (MEP) Program -- $125 million annual savings..

* Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization -- $530 million   annual savings.

* Beach Replenishment -- $95 million annual savings.

* New Starts Transit -- $2 billion annual savings. 

 

 

*Exchange  Programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading

 Partners in Massachusetts -- $9 million annual savings

* Intercity and High  Speed Rail Grants -- $2.5 billion annual savings.

* Title X Family Planning  -- $318 million annual savings.

* Appalachian Regional Commission -- $76  million annual savings.

* Economic Development Administration -- $293   million annual savings.

* Programs under the National and Community Services Act -- $1.15 billion annual savings.

* Applied Research at  Department of Energy -- $1.27 billion annual savings.

* Freedom CAR and  Fuel Partnership -- $200 million annual savings..

* Energy Star Program --  $52 million annual savings.

*Economic  Assistance to Egypt -- $250 million annually.

* U.S.Agency for International Development -- $1.39  billion annual savings..

* General Assistance to District of  Columbia -- $210 million annual savings.

* Subsidy for Washington  Metropolitan Area Transit Authority -- $150 million annual savings.

*Presidential Campaign Fund -- $775 million savings  over ten years.

* No funding for federal office space acquisition --  $864 million annual savings.

* End   prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.

*  Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act -- More than $1 billion annually.

* IRS Direct  Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as

 processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing

 it to remain as part of its budget -- $1.8 billion savings over ten years.

 

*Require collection of unpaid taxes by  federal employees -- $1 billion total savings. WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?

* Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by  federal employees -- $1.2 billion savings over ten years.

* Sell excess  federal properties the government does not make use of -- $15 billion total

 savings.

*Eliminate death gratuity for  Members of Congress. WHAT???

* Eliminate Mohair  Subsidies -- $1 million annual savings.

*Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- $12.5 million annual savings.

WELL ISN'T THAT SPECIAL

 

 

*  Eliminate Market Access Program -- $200 million annual savings.

* USDA  Sugar Program -- $14 million annual savings.

* Subsidy to Organization for  Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) -- $93 million annual

 savings.

* Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program  -- $56.2 million annual savings.

*Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs  -- $900 million savings.

* Ready to Learn TV Program -- $27 million  savings..

* HUD Ph.D. Program.

* Deficit Reduction Check-Off  Act.

*TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over  Ten Years

 

 

My question is,  what is all this doing in the budget in the first place?!    AND PROMISE NO MONEY TO THIRD WORLD NATIONS IN NAME OF GLOBAL WARMING!

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