From
http://www.bushsamerica.com/index.php/2005/09/22/republicans_operation_offsetRawstory.com (Popup Warning) has recived a copy of “Operation Offset” the ofincive my the Republican Party to screw everyone without rolling back the tax cuts. Here are some highlights, just to show you how much the Republicans hate Americans.
Section I
- Increase Allowable Co-Pay to Medicare – Passing on to the elderly $7.73 Billion in 10 years
- Increase Medicare Part B Premium from 25% to 30% - Passing on the elderly $87.7 Billion in 10 years.
- Eliminate Subsidized Loans to Graduate Students – Passing on $8.555 Billion in the effort to dumb down America.
- Update the Formula Used for Federal Pension – Removing $508.98 Billion from the pockets of retirees in 10 years.
- Restructuring Medicare’s Cost-Sharing Requirements – Passing on $87.7 Billion on to the states in 10 years.
There are more in Section I
Section II – Foreign Aid.
- Eliminate the Millennium Challenge Account – Cutting $24.3 Billon in Aid to Africa to combat AIDS over the next 10 Years.
Reduce Funding For USAID – Removing $793 Million in Aid all over the world of the next 10 years.
Level funding to the Peace Corps – Saving $111 Million over the next 10 Years.
There is more in Section II
Section III – Federal Spending
- Eliminate State Grants for Safe and Drug-Free Schools – Removing $4.8 Billion in school grants.
- Eliminate the Even Start Program – Taking another $1.23 Billion on the Republican effort of Dumbing Down America.
- Eliminate School Lunches for Students Above 350% of Poverty – Saving $6.69 Billion by literally taking food from the mouths of poor children for the next 10 years.
- Eliminate Fiscal Assistance to the District of Columbia – Cutting funding to the Nations Capitol by $1.69 Billion over the next 10 years.
There is more in Section III
Section IV – Containing Federal Bureaucracy
- Reduce the Funding of the Department of Education – $56.8 Billion more to Dumb Down America.
- Level Funding from the FAA Operations – We are able to save $4.5 Billion in squeezing the money out of the people that keep planes from bumping into each other over the next 10 years.
- There are a few line items that just cut the funding on Buildings owned by the government, some how Republicans have solved the issues with time?
There are a lot more in section IV
Section V Corporate Welfare
- Eliminate the Applied Research for Renewable Energy Sources Program – Saving $4.2 Billion over the next 10 years, at the cost of cleaner energy sources.
- Eliminate the Clean Coal Technologies Program – This will save us $542 Million over the next 10 years, and take away the incentive companies have not to dump crap in the air.
- Eliminate the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative – For a mere $2.54 Billion over the next 10 years, we can keep being Saudi Arabia’s Bitch.
There is a lot more in Section V, oddly, No repeal of all the Corporate Tax Cuts.
And Section VI – Reforms to the DOD and DHS.
- Closing Domestic Dependant School System – This will save $788 Million, while removing the schools for military brats.
- Restricting First-Responders Grants to At-Risk Communities – Over the next 10 years we will save $6.82 Billion, while placing communities at risk, I told you Bush did not care if you wee really safer.
- Introduce HSAs as a TRICARE Option – Screwing the Troops of Healthcare at a savings of 12.4 Billion over 10 years.
Number of Tax Cuts Repealed, $0 over the next 10 years. Republicans Hate Americans, and do not want to make you safer, educate your kids, or take care of our troops.
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