Flat out not true. Right wingers love to spout bull**** as truth., and con
good people into believing it. Its all they seem capable of. Try looking at
the actual budget. Expenditures for evil socialist things like... ensuring
children have food.. you know that stuff Christ taught.. is practically
nonexistant.
"SteveF" wrote in message
. com...

And only a small faction of the money we spend on people who don't feel
like
working.

Steve.


"Cliff Huprich" wrote in message
m...
From the old Email inbox:

[
A Little Perspective

By Michael Moore

If you can't get through this list without wanting to throw up, I'll
understand. But pass it around anyway. This is the nail in the Iraq
War's
coffin for any sane, thinking individual, regardless of their political
stripe. (Thanks to Tom Paine.com and the Center for American Progress.)

To get some perspective, here are some real-life comparisons about what
$87
billion means:

$87 Billion is more than the combined total of all State budget deficits
in
the United States. The Bush administration proposed absolutely zero
funds
to help states deal with these deficits, despite the fact that their tax
cuts drove down state revenues. [Source: Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities].

$87 Billion is enough to pay the 3.3 million people who have lost jobs
under
George W. Bush $26,363.00 each! The unemployment benefits extension
passed
by Congress at the beginning of this year provides zero benefits to
workers
who exhausted their regular, state unemployment benefits and cannot find
work [Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities].

$87 Billion is more than double the total amount the government spends
on
Homeland Security. The U.S. spends about $36 billion on homeland
security.
Yet, Sen. Warren Rudman (R- N.H.) wrote, America will fall
approximately
$98 .4 billion short of meeting critical emergency responder needs for
homeland security without a funding increase. [Source: Council on
Foreign
Relations].

$87 Billion is 87 times the amount the Federal Government spends on
After
School Programs. George W. Bush proposed a budget that reduces the $1
billion for after-school programs to $600 million cutting off about
475,000
children from the program. [Source: The Republican-dominated House
Appropriations Committee].

$87 Billion is more than 10 times what the Government spends on all
environmental Protection. The Bush administration requested just $7.6
billion for the entire Environmental Protection Agency. This included a
32
percent cut to water quality grants, a 6 percent reduction in
enforcement
staff, and a 50 percent cut to land acquisition and conservation.
[Source:
Natural Resources Defense Council].

There you go. In black and white. A few million of you will receive
this
letter. Please share the above with at least a half-dozen people today
and
tomorrow. I, like you, do not want to see another approval rating over
50
percent.

Yours,

Michael Moore

Filmmaker
]