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Katrina: Republican Excuse to Continue Regressive Agenda

September 22, 2005 B. John 258 Views arrogant, christian, Congress, conservation, cronies, environmental protection, humanities, immoral, jesus, medicaid, medicare, moral, national endowment for the humanities, national public radio, NPR, oil, oil companies, progressive, protections, regressive, republicans, stupid, tax cuts, thoughtless, wealthy

With great fanfare, and recalling the “Gingrich Revolution” of the 1990s, House conservatives yesterday proposed a broad set of spending cuts they said would help offset the costs of the Katrina reconstruction effort. Their plan reduces the budget by $500 billion over 10 years, and does so in large part by dismantling programs that invest in middle- and working-class Americans.