An increase in the deficit which will result in large cuts domestic spending.
The programs on the Republican chopping block will be some of the more popular:
The Commodity Supplemental Food Program, which provides for less than $20 per month a nutritional food packages to more than 400,000 low-income elderly people;
The Preventative Care Block Grant, provides grants to states for preventative health services for underserved populations;
Funding for a range of social services and other types of assistance to low-income families and elderly and disabled individuals through block grants.
Or, as substitutes:
Section 202 housing for the low-income elderly
Section 811 housing for low-income people with disabilities
The Community Development Block Grant formula grant program
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)
The Child Care and Development Block Grant
“Now it's also an election year, so the chances that Republicans in Congress will actually work up the nerve to force the elderly to live in cardboard boxes and eat dog food seem slim, but it's certainly something to be nervous about.”
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