http://www.npr.org/2011/03/24/134798248/untangling-low-income-budget-cut-claims
This article discuss budget cuts that will affect low income Americans the most. With our talks of poverty lately this article connects with our talks. The budget cuts discussed would effect many of the programs that help veterans, troubled youth, and disabled elderly. I understand that America is in a recession right now, however cutting spending in areas that citizens depend on is not the way to build the economy. It seems that America has its priorities mixed up, because it wants to stop funding for people that are in need, rather then cut spending in other areas. More things need to be done for the good of the people, not the economy.
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It seems that there are reasons for the cuts to the program that houses veterans. "[President Barack Obama] requested a one-year break in the program because of a backlog in getting veterans into housing.
"So any kind of characterization that we're putting vets out in the cold is absolutely untrue," Iowa Republican Rep. Tom Latham said on the House floor in February. He said that of 30,000 vouchers already available for homeless veterans, 11,000 had yet to be used."
It looks like this cut is nothing more than an attempt to limit wasteful spending caused by the bureaucracy.
What do trouble me are the cuts to Youth Build. I've expressed my opinions on education being the answer, so I would question any cuts made in its direction. Maybe Youth Build is not running efficiently enough, or another similar program exists, but efficient education should rarely be cut from the budget. There are many places in the budget that I would rather see spending cuts such as social security, medicare, medicaid, and especially defense.
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