House Panel Targets Aid to Poor to Spare Defense Cuts

[azurnoir]

Source: Bloomberg

A U.S. House committee voted to cut spending on food stamps, health insurance and other aid for the poor to head off scheduled cuts in defense spending.

The House Budget Committee voted 21-9 today to approve legislation that would reduce government spending by more than $300 billion over the next decade.

Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, said the measure would eliminate duplicative programs and wasteful spending to spare the Pentagon from cuts without raising taxes.

“We shouldn’t be taking more from hardworking Americans to fix Washington’s mistakes,” said Ryan. “We should be solving the problem with structural reforms to our entitlement programs to make them strong and sustainable.”

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-07/house-panel-targets-aid-to-poor-to-spare-defense-cuts.html

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according to this Ynet article its even worse defense got more than it asked for!

A US House panel has unveiled a $608 billion defense spending bill that restores some of the programs the Pentagon wanted to cut next year and provides nearly $1 billion for Israel's missile defense systems including the Iron Dome and Magic Wand.

The House Appropriations Committee released the bill on Monday that includes $519.2 billion for the fiscal 2013 base budget and $88.5 billion for Afghanistan and other counterterrorism activities. That's $1.1 billion more than the current level and $3.1 billion more than President Barack Obama requested.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4225996,00.html

[sakabatou]

1. More guns, less bread.

Fuck you, Ryan.

[xtraxritical]

4. Double fuck the grand mother fucker.

[underpants]

2. DoD spending is the lifeblood of much of the south's economy

The repubs are paying for votes.

[OKNancy]

3. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014115112

[sulphurdunn]

5. Republicans

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits... Matthew 7:15-16

[magic59]

6. The military industial complex has a strong hold on our government

or what was once our government. Arms dealers control the Gov and own most of the media. Very easy for them to drum up wars for no reason other then huge profits.