White House lists cuts to pay for more troops (agriculture, education and other programs)

[sabra]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-03-11-colombia_N.htm?POE=NEWISVA

White House lists cuts to pay for more troops
By David Jackson, USA TODAY

BOGOTA, Colombia — President Bush wants to pay for his plan to send 8,200 more U.S. troops to Iraq and Afghanistan by cutting money for agriculture, education and other programs, budget records show.

...

Some of the deployments can be financed by cutting "lower priority federal programs," according to a document issued March 9 by the Office of Management and Budget.

a submission to Congress.

Most affected by the cuts are the departments of Education, Agriculture, Transportation and Housing and Urban Development.

Some of the offsets come from programs Bush has tried to kill before, such as the Department of Education's "Enhancing Education Through Technology" and "Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership" grant programs.

[geomon666]

1. Anybody shocked by this?

Nope, didn't think so.

[Quantess]

13. Not the slightest bit.

[barb162]

16. Nope, it's been going on a few years now

[sutz12]

26. I'm shocked that he actually admitted he had to cut other programs..

Finally, we see a tiny bit of budgeting honesty of sorts, instead of just borrowing or printing more money.

If he ever gets to the stage where he admits that maybe he needs to raise taxes to pay for his military excesses, especially on the high income, high wealth part of the population, wake me up. I won't hold my breath.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

2. 8, 200??? Wasn't it 4,000 last night and this morning? I was gone most of the day, did I miss

something?

And, Bush has not earned one iota of the overwhelming gravitas one must possess to be making decisions about how many people to send into a hellhole and what governmental safety nets for the most vulnerable among us will be withdrawn to pay for maimings and deaths. :mad: MKJ

[rodeodance]

10. bush ADDED another 2,000 plus troops (mp) in addtion to the Support

troops

[whistle]

3. Republicans showing once again how much they support the troops

...by cutting funds to education they will ensure more high school drop outs and cutting agriculture support they'll put more farm workers out of work. All that leads to a larger pool of unemployed young people in the streets to be recruited into the armed services.

Repukes at their finest showing how well they understand macro economics.

[Erika]

4. Exactly

They wish to create a permanent pool for the military made up of the disavantaged.

These Republicans are traitors to this country and its citizens.

[saigon68]

5. Thugs and hoodlums

[Ilsa]

6. Hey, who needs food, shelter, and education anyway?

Those are such low priority items. :sarcasm:

[barb162]

17. You're so right.

Watch bushboy and his gang piss away all the Treasury of this whole country and act like a big patriot.

[mediaman007]

7. Good...No more wars on the credit card

This ought to take his approval to about 16%!

[IChing]

8. His word for today was "the people in my congress"

And I don't think he was being generous with the term.

"the people in my congress"
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/4619628.html

who else thought that he was generous with that term or
the money would come from the bloated defense budget
that pays his cronies from this little Militaristic dictator.

KRB, Haliburton and other members of this industrial military gravy-train need not apply

[Canuckistanian]

9. Here it comes

The war is finally being paid for. This time, the affluent are not being asked to spare a dime.

Some sacrifice.

[rodeodance]

11. as Sen. Levin said--it is an escalation of the escalation!

.....BOGOTA, Colombia — President Bush wants to pay for his plan to send 8,200 more U.S. troops to Iraq and Afghanistan by cutting money for agriculture, education and other programs, budget records show.

Bush's $3.2 billion plan, submitted to Congress over the weekend, includes 3,500 new troops for Afghanistan to train that nation's army and to fight the resurgent Taliban.

The plan would also send 4,700 more troops to Iraq to support the 21,500 additional combat troops Bush has already ordered to Baghdad and Anbar province.

More than $2.5 billion of the request is for Iraq, about $500 million for Afghanistan. Bush also asked for $100 million for a counterterrorism program in Pakistan.

New troops in Afghanistan will participate in "training and embedding missions," Bush told reporters Sunday after a meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.

[rodeodance]

12. Bush submitted the revised budget request in the middle of a five-nation tour of Latin America.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

14. Fearless leader is afraid to be "in country" as this comes to light.

MKJ

[KoKo]

20. The "Emeror Chimp" just wanted us "Murkins" to know he's thinking of us and "working hard"

to make sure we don't forget who is REALLY IN CHARGE... He's been pretty jealous about all that bad news Cheney has been getting and he wants us to know that there's WORSE than CHENEY...and he's sure as hell gonna show us who is boss.

Remember Dems are in charge now, though. He doesn't have the blank check he once did...no matter how much he tries to show off his wilted cod piece.

[alittlelark]

15. This post sums it all up....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=125x148513

Bush1 and Dick Cheney started privatizing the US military back in 1991. That privatization of logistics has led to tragedies like the USS Cole bombing, the gouging for basic needs for our soldiers, the loss of billions of our tax dollars in Iraq, and the breakdown of services at Walter Reed.


Now we hear that Halliburton is moving their HQ from Houston to Dubai. Once there, the global fascism will take hold firmer and stronger than at any other point we have witnessed in the past.

And the US will be left bankrupt and broken in too many areas to get it fixed in any expedient way.

No financial problems for the incredibly FLUSH global corporations who have been lining their pockets at our expense for the last twenty years, though.

Want to bet that Halliburton and Bechtel will have Blackwater and other private armies at their disposal while our military struggles to recoup?

We have GOT to stop Halliburton's move of all their documents and paperwork.

Contact Waxman and Congress about Halliburton. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

We cannot let them get away with BANKRUPTING America while BANKROLLING New World Order.

Even the RW and the Freepers will have to notice this.

[acmavm]

18. I can't get the link to work.

[alittlelark]

19. Go to the Sept 11 dungeon....

It was placed there.

[prolesunited]

21. Instead of sticking it to the poor and working class

why not repeal the upper tiers of the tax cuts or perhaps fixing some loopholes that big corporations use to avoid paying their fair share. If they can afford to pay their CEOs multimillions every year, surely they could pony up for this war.

Or how about recouping some of the corps. that have made exorbitant profits off the GOP's policies in the past few years, like oil companies and Pharma.

[w4rma]

22. Lead balloon. (nt)

[lebkuchen]

23. "Reallocations" from the FY 2007 budget are taking place at the DoD level as well

across the board. Programs that are not directly war related are being cut massively, and that includes programs that are top reenlistment incentives.

What's Bush got to offer a soldier/Marine considering reenlistment, other than another tour to a war zone?

Bush is escalating for Iran.

[Miss Chybil]

24. Welcome to North Korea.

Well, it's not that bad, we have enough food to last a while.

/sarcasm

[pinniped]

25. This POS would swipe all the gold in Ft. Knox if he had the key.

Fucking criminals.

[anitar1]

27. I am wondering when the schools will be closed down.

We are already in trouble here with underfunding, for many years. The only thing the University manages big spending for is sports. Next time my grandchildren complain, I can assure them that they will not have a school to attend in a few months. Bush's fondest dream has been doing these very things. Getting rid of anything that might benefit the tax paying public. does this mean we don't have to pay taxes anymore ??

[salin]

28. Cut your dang tax cuts to the rich and big breaks to oil corps.

Let your cronies pay for your war.

[LynnTheDem]

29. America; you have no more excuses left.

Enough.

[wiley]

30. There is a PDF of the cuts. Much more than you mention.

There are Health cuts, Research cuts, and lots more. Sent to Pelosi's Office. Enough America.

Remove these people from office, before they move the White House to Dubai as well.