Rawstory..Developing...LEAKED: GOP EYES HUGE CUTS

[jasmeel]

"Document Recommends axing National Endowment for the Arts, Humanities, Corporation for Public Broadcasting funds; Kill money for DNC, RNC conventions, End anti-drug ads, Cancel moon mission, cut AIDS aid, first responder grants... MORE... Soon.."

First responder grants?? Great idea. Keep your eye out for this.

[orion9941]

1. Hell...

why don't we just throw the baby out with the bath water while were at it??

[benburch]

6. I say we cut the GOP as a cost-saving measure. nt

[electropop]

7. I think we just did that in New Orleans.

:grr:

[Oreo]

2. Does it include

shooting the Easter Bunny and hanging Santa Claus?

[electropop]

3. First responder grants?

There's our weapon. How foolish can they be?

[annabanana]

4. well, after all... THIS is what they CREATED the deficit for

isn't it. This was the plan, Katrina was just a "lucky break" for them.

Let the "drowning" commence, right Grover?

[Wordie]

10. You're right there...will public opinion prevent them (or congress)?

I'm hoping there will be a HUGE outcry over this. Now THIS is an issue that ALL democrats should stand up and fight for.

Do we know if this was just discussion, or is it an actual plan to put in action?

[cliss]

34. Not just an outcry,

but a revolution. I will bet my next paycheck that if they do this, Americans will start marching in HUGE numbers. They won't put up with it.

Bush will be forced to retreat. We've seen it after Katrina. They won't dare do it.

[Poiuyt]

12. Create the deficit first so they can dismantle the American culture

I agree, that was their plan all along

[category5]

28. That was exactly why Reagan created the huge deficits...

WH Budget czar Darman said so. Reagan created the huge deficits as
an excuse to cut welfare payments.

[tatertop]

14. Right before our very eyes. They did not waste a second.

[ktowntennesseedem]

17. Welcome to DU, tatertop!!!

:hi:

[tatertop]

24. Hi!

[newyawker99]

22. Hi tatertop!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[tatertop]

25. Hi!

[category5]

29. Good to see you here Tatertop

[Kagemusha]

5. Josh Marshall says cuts to active duty troops' health care too.

They should be called out on this.

[Atman]

8. Or...

REPEAL THE FUCKING TAX BREAKS AND MAKE THE GODDAM UBER RICH PAY THEIR FUCKING SHARE FOR A FUCKING CHANGE!

[whometense]

9. Well,

"This is working very well for them."

Isn't it?

[napi21]

11. If they do all of this, they will guarantee a Dem takeover in 06/08!

Let's see which part of the Pub Party really does have the power in the House & Senate.

[Digit]

31. Don't ya know it!

People will be SOOOO ticked!

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. Yet we still spend a billion a week on Iraq

with nothing to show for it except more dead soldiers.

[cassiepriam]

15. Their plans are going like clock work....

they must be gloating and popping champaign corks...

[stellanoir]

16. Let's consider cutting

paying our taxes. They no longer work for us after all. They work solely for corporate interests.

When will Joe six pack wake up to the indisputable fact that this constitutes taxation without representation and all the other things the colonists were bitching about having to do the tyranny and madness of King George.?

see the Declaration of Independence for reference.

Just donate it all to an ethical charity if you can find one to cover your butt.

[Goldensilence]

20. aGREED

.

[jasmeel]

18. Story up now

An internal Republican Study Committee document which is now available online and was simultaneously leaked to RAW STORY Thursday outlines an array of huge cuts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, including the elimination of funding for Amtrak and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The document was first reported on by Roll Call.

RAW STORY has analyzed the pages and presented some of the more specific cuts. At this stage, these are cuts proposed by the Committee, which is composed of 86 House Republicans.

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/House_Republican_Study_Committee_document_recommends_huge_0922.html

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. It's the tax cut cult; can't think for themselves, they repeat the mantra

[villager]

21. The new "New Deal" will begin with the states -- again

This is what happened under Hoover. A few enlightened states -- even cities -- had their own proto-New Dealish plans to relieve suffering.

Blue states will have to distinguish themselves with public works, environmental, educational, arts programs, etc. (To the degree that they can -- but states may have more leeway with their tax structures, esp., again, the Blue Ones).

The red states will have to careen into squalor and a kind of governmental oblivion, and when the country is ready, Blue States will have served as the lab(s) for experimentation and recovery.

[maxsolomon]

23. end anti-drug ads!

what about ENDING THE WAR ON DRUGS?

that would save even more money!

[IndianaGreen]

26. Drown Grover Norquist in a bathtub!

That would be my first cut of waste!

[category5]

27. Just don't cut my social security check amount....I need it!!!!!

[zann725]

33. Many of us hold that same thought. As well as Disabled on SSDI...

What also worries me is that I saw a recent copy of AARP magazine, on which Condi Rice was on the cover...with a big smile/smirk on her face?!!
Given that AARP has been one of the staunchest lobbyists for the protection of SS, this concerns me greatly. Plus this Admin. has been looking for any excuse to cut SS, and now if they can helplessly shrug and say..."Sorry, had no choice."
Gosh, I hope not. They are definitely positioning to delay the long-awaited, and soon to be Medicare Drug Discount program. This Admin. is soooo sadistic.

[category5]

36. I have heard it from the horses (GWB) mouth several times

that those within 10 years of retirement will not be
affected by any changes in social security. I will hold
the president personally responsible if he reneges on
that promise.

[NVMojo]

30. Bureau of Indian Affairs has already been informed that tribal budgets

nationwide will be cut. Blamed it on Katrina but we know it's that estate tax.

[Supersedeas]

32. well they have to protect TAX cuts for the cronies

[gulfcoastliberal]

35. Cutting anti-drug ads sounds good.

The rest is idiotic.

[Kazak]

37. Anything but the tax cuts, eh?

:crazy: