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Date sent: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 15:52:39 -0700
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Subject: Budget Priorities
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Thursday, July 29, 1999
BUDGET PRIORITIES
LINDA GORDON, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
http://www.wisc.edu/history/gordon/about.html
Professor of history at the University of Wisconsin/Madison,
Gordon said:
"The budget surplus provides Americans with an opportunity for a
conversation about our priorities. Most Americans want better
schools,
better policing, cleaner air and water, an end to global warming, and
above all, medical insurance for everyone. Taxes offer a fair and
efficient way of providing these and many other services to the public.
Buying these things privately is either impossible or more expensive for
everyone. The proposed tax cuts, which benefit mainly those who live on
investments and inflated CEO-type salaries, will further the deepening
inequality which in turn further degrades everyone's standard of living."
JANE MIDGLEY, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.wilpf.org
Coordinator of the Women's Budget Project, Midgley said: "Any federal
budget surplus should be invested in the social infrastructure of the
country and not thrown into tax breaks for the rich. Over 50 percent of
discretionary spending goes to the military while programs like housing,
welfare, and community development are shrinking as a percentage of the
budget. This has a large impact on the increasing numbers of women who are
single heads of households and who rely on government assistance to
provide a decent standard of living for their families."
DERRICK LEON DAVIS, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ombwatch.org/ia/
Outreach director for the Prince George's County public schools Head Start
program, Davis said: "If the proposed tax cuts are passed in Congress,
approximately 290 of our children will lose their services in FY 2000...
At this time of billion-dollar budget surpluses, we have a great
opportunity to bring Head Start's Comprehensive Early Childhood and Family
Development Services to more children and families, in Maryland and across
the country."
PATRICK LESTER, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.chn.org
Senior program associate with the Coalition on Human Needs, Lester said:
"The tax cuts assume continued budget surpluses which are themselves based
on drastic cuts in domestic programs. For example: Veterans Administration
medical care cuts would result in nearly one out of two veterans losing
care; federal spending for education in discretionary programs would be
cut almost $30 billion in real terms in the next 10 years... Average
Americans want the government to invest intelligently to meet the needs of
families, neighborhoods, the environment and communities rather than give
the middle-class a tiny cut in taxes while handing over hundreds of
billions of dollars to the wealthy."
For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; or David Zupan, (541) 484-9167
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