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www.commondreams.org/news2004/0206-06.htm Children's Defense Fund Analysis shows Bush Administration Budget Takes from Poor Children to Give to the Rich
WASHINGTON - February 6 - The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) today released an analysis showing that the Bush Administration's proposed budget puts millions of poor children at risk by not adequately funding vital programs that provide for some of their most basic needs. The Bush budget presents a reckless plan to expand tax cuts for the rich at the expense of the most vulnerable Americans - including the 12.1 million children who live below the poverty line.
The CDF analysis highlights Administration choices that:
fail to meet the basic needs of children in health care, housing, child care, child nutrition, and child abuse and neglect;
deny key supports and services for low-income working families such as child care assistance, housing vouchers, and afterschool programs;
leave children behind by cutting many education programs and underfunding its own No Child Left Behind Act by $9.4 billion;
allow children and adolescents to fall through the cracks by failing to invest in families in crisis and juvenile services ; and
back away from federal government responsibilities to help our most vulnerable citizens by promoting block grants in Head Start, housing, health care, and child welfare programs. <snip>
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