The US Government eats its own young, elderly and veterans

It's difficult to get more reprehensible than this:

"Operation Offset" is what the Republicans are calling their budget cut plan to pay for Hurricane Katrina. Will there be tax cuts for the rich? Nope. The great majority of the proposed cuts target the elderly and the poor, heavily targeting Medicare. They eliminate all federal funding for energy conservation, the "Energy Star" program, energy efficient vehicles, hydrogen vehicles, high-speed rail, light rail, PBS, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, AmeriCorps, the "Even Start" program, the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, security/anti-drug funding for innercity schools, and all federal loans to grad students. Also facing cuts are the Global AIDS Initiative, the EPA, the Center for Disease Control, pensions and healthcare plans for retired federal workers, job programs and revitalization funds for poor neighborhoods, the school lunch program, community health centers, and health care for soldiers.
posted by insomnia_lj at 4:37 PM PST - 64 comments

I'm appalled. Any yank who wants to move into my house as s/he pursues a refugee immigration claim is welcome to do so; it's obvious that your country will soon be completely fucked and firmly in the second world.

Hey, since all the money's going to porky contracts for Mr Bush's friends, I wonder if this will all seem extra insulting when it's all enacted. Yay!