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As the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War approaches on March 19th,
NPP's newly released state-level
publication contrasts the cost of the Iraq War with the Bush
Administration's proposed cuts to selected domestic programs and the
cost of making the President's tax cuts permanent. Thus far,
Congress has allocated a total of $522.5 billion to the Iraq War,
according to NPP. This number is projected to climb to $745.7
billion by the end of Fiscal Year 2009.Cost
of war breakdowns are
available for each state.
At the same time, the President's budget for Fiscal Year 2009 proposes
to cut a total of $5.4 billion from four domestic programs alone:
Community Development Block Grants, Low-Income Heating Assistance,
Social Services Block Grants and Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers.
The impact of these proposed cuts for each state are
available in NPP's latest
publication.
USAction, a national organization working for a more just and
progressive America, has affiliates in 24 states that will use the NPP
reports in their national day of action on March
19th. "As the National Priorities Project reports
demonstrate," said USAction Program Director Alan Charney, "we can only
invest in America's future when we end the costly war in Iraq." |
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