Federal cutbacks threaten poor

By Deb Price
Detroit News
Monday, Dec. 5, 2005


Congress' plan to slash up to $50 billion from federal programs threatens tens of thousands of Michigan families who receive Medicaid, food stamps and help in collecting child support.

Cutbacks in those three programs alone could mean up to $1 billion less headed to cash-strapped Michigan over the next five years to help such families, according to the Granholm administration. The cutbacks could force the state to decide whether to throw some needy families off public assistance or raise taxes -- or both.

In addition, farmers face losing price support payments and conservation incentives. And cutbacks in federal interest rate subsidies could make it more difficult and expensive to get a student loan.

Congress' belt-tightening could hurt Michigan residents like Keyte Duncan, 28, of Detroit. The mother of seven children between the ages of 2 and 10 uses food stamps, cash assistance and Medicaid to supplement the $225 she clears on average each week as a part-time caterer.



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money for the rich 5% of the population. What are you thinking?

did people think when Georgie "cut taxes", and they got THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS, count 'em, THREE HUNDRED in the mail box?

Exactly WHERE did those loonies think their little "break" was coming from? Oh. Babies? And poor?

If Jesus talks to 'him', which I seriously doubt, I wish to gawed almighty he would repeat his recorded words. "Feed the poor".
"This you do in my name". Not build bombs, not strut in front of the rich. Feed them.

I wish he could get one thing right.

I'm waiting for the Chipmunk Lady to sing David Lynch's "In Heaven" song to the poor!

tax cuts stimulate the economy and create jobs that allow people to get off welfare."???

Uuuuuuh, tax cuts for the wealthy will only stimulate the economy for the wealthy - DUH!

And seriously, how the fuck do they think that this will "create jobs that allow people to get off welfare."???

Idiots!:dunce::dunce::dunce::dunce:

I think that Bush beats even Raygun in the give to the rich, take from the poor category. He claims to be a Christian? Jesus wouldn't approve of taking from the least able to survive, and heaping more and more riches upon the already wealthy.

Bush is a hypocrite and a coward, and a sociopath who enjoys inflicting suffering on as many people as possible. The whole Republican party is nothing but a gang of thieves and sadists.