Obama's Budget, What Does It Include? - Democratic Underground

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Tue Feb-15-11 09:48 PM
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Obama's Budget, What Does It Include?

I am having a bit of a hard time trying to keep up with what is included in Obama's budget for 2012. Here is what I can collect so far:

Obama to cut SBA budget in half:
http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2011/02/14/obama-plans-to-cut-sba-budget-almost-in-half/

Obama's budget would deeply cut farm subsidies:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-farm-subsidy-cut-20110214,0,7952883.story

Obama to cut heating aid for low income families by half:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/obama-to-cut-heating-aid-in-half/story-e6frg6so-1226003993065

Obama Asks For $671 Billion Defense Budget :
http://www.krqe.com/dpps/military/Obama-Asks-for-$671-Billion-Defense-Budget-in-Fiscal-2012-_3718872

Obama to cut EPA's budget by $1.3 Billion:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2011/02/budget-2012-environmental-prot.html

Can everyone please add to this list with what struck them the most about Obama's proposed budget?

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Tue Feb-15-11 09:55 PM
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1. The farm subsidy cut is aimed at large agribusiness companies .

The small business budget is going back to a pre stimulus budget as the stimulus money is gone.

The heating aid budget is going back to 2008 funding.

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Tue Feb-15-11 09:57 PM
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2. But is going back to pre stimulus money really an excuse?

Edited on Tue Feb-15-11 09:58 PM by no limit

Is there anything going on today that justifies going back to those levels? If anything people today need heating assistance more than ever.

And from everything I see small businesses are still having problems, especially when it comes to securing loans. So cutting funding for that doesn't seem to make all that much sense.

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Tue Feb-15-11 10:00 PM
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3. Pell grants (I just read this):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x425523

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Tue Feb-15-11 10:04 PM
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4. Haven't seen that, thanks. Good to see some good news.

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