Bill Brady's 10% Across-theBoard Spending Cuts Have Consequences, ugly consequences

[mikekohr]

What Would A Ten Percent Across-the-Board Cut do to Illinois?

EDUCATION
• 10,000 children will lose access to early childhood and special education
• 15,100 teachers will lose their jobs
• 15,000 low-income students will lose access to an affordable, quality higher education
• Communities will lose adult education and training offered by community colleges
PUBLIC SAFETY
• At least 400 State Police Officers will lose their jobs
• The Office of the State Fire Marshall will be completely eliminated
• Millions of dollars in federal emergency management funding will be lost
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
• Renovations of thousands of roads, bridges, hospitals, libraries and schools will end
• 7,400 road and building construction jobs will be lost
• 50 meat inspectors will lose their jobs, threatening the safety of our food supply
• 425,000 senior citizens will lose access to home heating and cooling assistance
• Over 10,000 small businesses will lose marketing, financial analysis and IT assistance
HUMAN SERVICES
• The Illinois Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired in Jacksonville will close
• The Illinois Center for Rehabilitation in Chicago will close
• Those with developmental disabilities will lose access to all non-medical programs
• Up to 60,000 vulnerable seniors will lose access to Community Care programs

CONSERVATION & THE ENVIRONMENT
• State parks, historic sites and museums will close.
• Water system upgrade loans will be eliminated; threatening water supplies statewide.
• Leaking Underground Storage Tank, Household Hazardous Waste and aging gas tank cleanup will end

[mopinko]

1. 10% across the board-

shows how the republican mind works, the depth of analytical analysis that it is capable of.

[Rosie1223]

2. MIke --

I hope you don't mind I use some of your statistics on my Facebook page. They may get eyed by a few 'undecideds' there.

:hi:

[mikekohr]

3. Absolutely, post far and wide , and drop by our webpage

Bureau County Democrats
http://bureaucountydems.blogspot.com

we've got a lot of graphs and figures there that should give pause to any undecided and plant doubt in the partisan darksider.

mike kohr