Rand Paul's
budget cuts (PDF)
Legislative Branch (23%)
Government Printing Office: Eliminated
Judicial Branch (32%)
Agriculture (30%)
While many automatic spending entitlement programs like food stamps will need to once again be re-evaluated for
reform, including eliminating the more than $1 billion in annual erroneous and fraudulent food stamp payments, the
proposal only recommends taking the food stamp program back to FY2008 levels]. This level of funding still
represents a 122 percent increase over the 2000 levels. In addition,
the proposal would take farm and crop
subsidies back to 2008 levels as well.
· Eligibility is based on income and assets, with the gross income cutoff set at 130 percent of the poverty level
(28,665 for a family of four). The maximum monthly benefit in 2009 for a household of four was $668 -
$8,016 per year.
Commerce (54%)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Reduce 36 Percent
Defense (6.5%)
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· War funding from 2001 to 2010 has cost the taxpayer $1.109 trillion. That amount doesn’t include the $159
billion that will likely be spent funding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq for FY2011. The proposal seeks to
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reduce war funding for FY2011 by $16 billion, in other words to provide $144 billion (President Obama has
requested $117 billion for FY2012, $27 billion dollars below our proposed level).
Education (83%)
Energy (100%)
Health and Human Services, Discretionary Only (26%)
The Department of Health and Human Services is the largest department in the federal government. The department
includes programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, as well as other entitlement programs. HHS, and the programs
within, remains one of the government’s largest challenges – and among the largest contributors to our fiscal crisis.
In fact, Medicare alone has a $38 trillion unfunded liability, and will continue to grow until it eventually consumes all
government outlays.
Unfortunately, there are a number of individuals who have failed to set aside savings, or have failed to plan
adequately based on the assumption that they would be eligible for certain entitlement programs such as Medicare or
Medicaid. These programs need to be reformed, not necessarily just cut, and therefore, this proposal does not
include most of the mandatory spending at the HHS. However, because the department is so large, it would have
been negligent to avoid other areas which can provide much needed government savings.
This proposal takes
most of the agency’s discretionary programs back to FY2008 levels, and makes further reductions to the
Public Health Service programs.Food and Drug Administration: Reduce 62 Percent
Health Resources and Services Administration: Reduce 34 Percent
Indian Health Services: Reduce 46 Percent
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Reduce 28 Percent
National Institute of Health: Reduce 37 Percent
Homeland Security (43%)
Transportation Security Administration: Reduce 40 Percent
U.S. Coast Guard: Transfer to Department of Defense at FY2008 Levels
Housing and Urban Development (100%)
Interior (78%)
Land and Mineral Management: Reduce 50 percent
Bureau of Reclamation: Eliminate
U.S. Geological Survey: Reduce 29 percent
National Park Service: Reduce 42 percent
Bureau of Indian Affairs: Eliminate
Justice (28%)
Office of Justice Programs: Eliminated
Labor (2%)
In recent years, the Department of Labor has expanded substantially, with a large of amount of the increased funding
coming from the expansion of unemployment benefits of up to 99 weeks. While this proposal exempts unemployment
benefits from receiving funding cuts, the program will need to be reformed in the future, including a re-evaluation of
the emergency unemployment benefits, as well as the extended unemployment benefits that provide up to 99 weeks
– or nearly 2 years of unemployment benefits. Many economists have warned that prolonged unemployment benefits
can increase unemployment duration by delaying individuals’ incentive to search for work.
The proposal exempts the Employment and Training Administration (including UI benefits), Mine Safety and Health,
Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. However, this
proposal eliminates all other Department of Labor programs.
State (71%)
Transportation (49%)
Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration: Funded at Gas Tax Levels
Amtrak Subsidies: Eliminate
Corps of Engineers (27%)
Environmental Protection Agency (29%)
General Services Administration (85%)
International Assistance Programs (100%)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (25%)
National Science Foundation (62%)
Office of Personnel Management (12.3%)
Affordable Housing Program – Eliminated
Commission on Fine Arts – Eliminated
Consumer Product Safety Commission – Eliminated
Corporation for Public Broadcasting – Eliminated
National Endowment of Arts – Eliminated
National Endowment for Humanities – Eliminated
Privative the Smithsonian Institution – Privatized
State Justice Institute - Eliminated
Federal Communications Commission (22%)
Collection of Delinquent Taxes: Saves $3 billion (Federal Employee/Retiree Delinquency Initiative)
Federal Pay Freeze: Saves $2 billion
Reducing Federal Travel: Saves $7.5 billion
Repeal Davis-Bacon: Saves $6 billion
End TARP: Saves $4.5 billion
Sell Unused Federal Assets: Saves $19 billion
Reduce Federal Vehicle Budget: Saves $600 million
On edit: Isn't it strange that Paul only cut 6.5 percent from the defense budget?
edited extra word