Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Here at home...

...via The Gavel.
The President’s Budget Would Cut Critical Programs for Washington.

The budget:

§ Cuts $195 billion nationally over five years for Medicare and Medicaid, threatening to endanger Washington’s 797,000 Medicare and 851,000 Medicaid patients' access to the care they need

§ Cuts federal funding to build, rehabilitate, and improve Washington’s roads and bridges by $10.5 million

§ Cuts Washington’s Improving Teacher Quality grant by $2.1 million, leading to 9,212 fewer children with highly qualified teachers
Of course, it's even worse than that.

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