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pkang0202
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 Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:45 am Post subject: Stimulus funds going to slashed programs |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-02-17-stimulus-funds_N.htm
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More than $3.5 billion in economic stimulus funds are going to programs that President Obama wants to eliminate or trim in his new budget.
The president's budget released this month recommends getting rid of Army Corps of Engineers' drinking-water projects, which got $200 million in stimulus funds, and a U.S. Department of Agriculture flood-prevention program, which received $290 million from the stimulus, a USA TODAY review of stimulus spending reports show.
The administration's budget plan says the corps and USDA programs are inefficient and duplicate similar, more effective work by other agencies. The proposed cuts indicate the programs shouldn't have gotten money from the $862 billion stimulus package, said Tom Schatz of the non-partisan budget watchdog Citizens Against Government Waste.
"It's certainly inconsistent, and it would have been better to have this realization a year ago," Schatz said. "But if inconsistency means they're going to cut the programs, it's OK. It's the other way around that bothers us." |
3.5 Billion is a lot of money going to programs that are getting axed. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| "It's certainly inconsistent, and it would have been better to have this realization a year ago," Schatz said. "But if inconsistency means they're going to cut the programs, it's OK. It's the other way around that bothers us." |
Given the lack of a line item veto by the president, and Mr. Schatz should be aware of that reality, what is his solution? |
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