Obama to cut services to poor urban Americans, budget director notes

[lonestarnot]

By Reuters
Sunday, February 6th, 2011 -- 6:34 pm

WASHINGTON – The White House budget director offered clues on Sunday to some cuts that President Barack Obama will offer in his fiscal 2012 budget proposal to answer Republican demands for deep spending reductions.

Obama is under strong pressure to cut spending and the U.S. budget deficit after Republicans routed Democrats in last November's congressional elections by pressing for spending cuts.

White House Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob "Jack" Lew wrote in an opinion article for The New York Times that Obama is willing to cut financing in half, saving $350 million, for community service block grants that cities and towns that allocate to grassroots groups for them to provide basic necessities for poor people.


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/obama-to-cut-services-to-poor-urban-americans-budget-director-notes/


Oh but keep those fucking tax cuts and bonus payments flowing!

[tucsonlib]

1. Are You Sure You Posted On The Right Forum?

Really isn't relevant to Arizona, after all. Brewer and her right-wing cronies in the state legislature are already doing a bang-up job cutting services to poor Arizonans.

You mean some states actually provide their poor with basic necessities? What a bunch of bleeding-heart, tax-and-spend, liberal, fascist, commie, atheist, progressive socialists....