Schwarzenegger budget ax (will) fall heavily on poor

[phantom power]

I took the liberty to replace "would" with "will" since nobody appears to be even contemplating a scenario where it won't happen.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The latest budget plan from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger would force 200,000 children off low-cost medical insurance, end in-home care for 350,000 infirm and elderly citizens and slash income assistance to hundreds of thousands more.

And that's the best-case scenario under Schwarzenegger's prescription for filling the state's $19.9 billion deficit.

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At least 200,000 children are slated to lose eligibility for Healthy Families, with that number growing to 900,000 if the program is gutted entirely.

Nearly 90 percent of the 400,000 recipients of In-Home Support Services stand to lose care under Schwarzenegger's best-case scenario, and state reimbursements to providers of those who remain would be slashed to minimum-wage levels. Otherwise, the program would be abolished, throwing 350,000 caregivers out of work.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60B0CJ20100112

[Webster Green]

1. He always comes up with these kinds of cuts.

he is a despicable mutherfucker.

[butterfly77]

2. Why is it that..

everytime I hear about some budget cuts they head for the poor,elderly and most vunerable people.



I saw part of the debate this morning with Coakley and the other two candidates in Masschusetts and the only thing these other two candidates talked about was how to cut from entitlement programs and they named,Medicare,Medicaid and SS.


The main point was that the military doesn't need to be cut and how taxes shouldn't be raised...How in the hell do you run a country.

[phantom power]

3. The Golden Rule

Them that has the gold makes the rules.

[butterfly77]

4. And military industrial complex..

along with theft and greed from old bastards and their families who have been in the government toooooo
long and who do not represent most of the country.