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"The budget also contains an accounting maneuver that pushes the cost of Bush's Social Security overhaul proposals out to the last year of the budget window -- long after he has left office. In FY12, the cost of partially privatizing Social Security would be $29.3 billion. Extending the proposal over the next decade would add $637.4 billion to the deficit.
The budget plan proposes $122 billion in savings from mandatory programs over five years, with more than half --$66 billion -- coming from Medicare. Other proposals include drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, cutting student lender subsidies and restricting food-stamp eligibility. Offsetting much of the mandatory savings would be new spending on proposals such as the president's Social Security plan and providing a flat deduction for families and individuals who purchase health insurance."
So we are paying for the war by making it harder for old people to pay for medicine, kids to go to college, and poor people to get food. Not to mention drilling in the arctic. But it doesnt matter, becuase it won't go into effect until long after President Bush has left office, according to the way the budget is scheduled. The only upside is the way they are planning to screw the next president gives me hope that they are expecting the next one to be a democrat?
The budget plan proposes $122 billion in savings from mandatory programs over five years, with more than half --$66 billion -- coming from Medicare. Other proposals include drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, cutting student lender subsidies and restricting food-stamp eligibility. Offsetting much of the mandatory savings would be new spending on proposals such as the president's Social Security plan and providing a flat deduction for families and individuals who purchase health insurance."
So we are paying for the war by making it harder for old people to pay for medicine, kids to go to college, and poor people to get food. Not to mention drilling in the arctic. But it doesnt matter, becuase it won't go into effect until long after President Bush has left office, according to the way the budget is scheduled. The only upside is the way they are planning to screw the next president gives me hope that they are expecting the next one to be a democrat?