The Bush Deficit

Hidden away in a cute little flash piece instead of in cut and pastable text:

• FACT: Bush cuts key education programs by 27%.¹
• FACT: Bush slashes job training by 24%.²
• FACT: Bush cuts child care for 365,000 kids.³
• FACT: Bush guts first-responder funds by $800 million.⁴
• FACT: Bush cuts clean water funding by nearly 40%.⁵

¹ President's FY 2005 Budget

² House Budget COmm. Dem Caucus, 2/06/04; Federal Funds Info for States, 2/04

³ CBPP, 2/5/04; Children's Defense Fund, 2/6/04

⁴ CQ Online, 2/2/04; Washington Post, 2/5/04

⁵ Federal Funds Info. for States, 2/04