You Can Decide What Gvt Spending to Cut
By InMyOpinion on May 13, 2010 | In Patriot Other, Exposing Our Government | Send feedback »
Link: http://republicanwhip.house.gov/youcut/
YouCut – a first-of-its-kind project - is designed to defeat the permissive culture of runaway spending in Congress. It allows you to vote, both online and on your cell phone, on spending cuts that you want to see the House enact. Vote on this page today for your priorities and together we can begin to change Washington's culture of spending into a culture of savings.
Follow up:
Presidential Election Fund $260 million in savings
This federal program provides matching funds to political candidates during Presidential primaries, certain third-party candidates, and funds for political conventions.
Taxpayer Subsidized Union Activities $600 million in savings
Currently, some federal employees spend up to 100% of their workweek, paid by taxpayers, doing work for their union.
HUD Program for Doctoral Dissertations $1 million in savings
Why should families who are struggling to pay for their children’s college also being asked to fund stipends from the government for those who want to write their dissertation on certain government-preferred policies?
New Non-Reformed Welfare Program $2.5 billion in savings
The program was recently created to incentivize states to increase their welfare caseloads without requiring able-bodied adults to work, get job training, or otherwise prepare to move off of taxpayer assistance
Eliminate Wealthier Communities from CDBG $2.6 billion in savings
This cut will focus federal economic development assistance to needy communities. Restricting this program to only communities with income at or below 110% of national average income would save $2.6 billion over five years.
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