Eliminate Funding for Penile Implants Under Medicare
Decline Member [of Congress] Pay Raise
Eliminate Funding for Democratic and Republican Conventions
Repeal the Highway Earmarks in TEA-LU ($25 B in earmarks for things like bridges to nowhere, ferry systems and "Blue Ridge Music Center")
Limit Future Enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP pays farmers not to farm their land)
Drop Wealthy Communities from CDBG (The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program provides annual grants to communities to help eliminate slums and promote economic development. The existing formula actually favors wealthier areas.)
Eliminate School Lunches for Students Above 350% of Poverty
The School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program provide funds that enable participating schools to offer subsidized meals to students. For the 2004-2005 school year the federal subsidy was $0.21 per full price lunch and $0.23 per full price breakfast. This option would eliminate the breakfast and lunch subsidy for full-price meals for students whose household income is above 350 percent of the poverty line, while increasing the subsidy for reduced-price meals (both breakfast and lunch) by $0.20. Savings: $6.7 billion over ten years ($3.2 billion over five years)
Most disturbing: Eliminate Teen Funding Portion of Title X Family Planning
HHS reports that 1/3 of Title X clients are teens. The program was designed in the 1970s to pay for family planning for the poor. Federal regulations allow teenagers to qualify on their own income as “poor” and thus qualify for free and reduced-priced contraceptives, including the IUD, the injection drug Depo-Provera, and the morning-after pill to teenagers, without any parental involvement or consent. $286 million is spent on the program each year, and if 1/3 of funds spent are spent on teens, that totals $95 million per year. Savings: $1.3 billion over 10 years ($511 million over five years)
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Eliminate Funding for Penile Implants Under Medicare
Decline Member [of Congress] Pay Raise
Eliminate Funding for Democratic and Republican Conventions
Repeal the Highway Earmarks in TEA-LU ($25 B in earmarks for things like bridges to nowhere, ferry systems and "Blue Ridge Music Center")
Limit Future Enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP pays farmers not to farm their land)
Drop Wealthy Communities from CDBG (The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program provides annual grants to communities to help eliminate slums and promote economic development. The existing formula actually favors wealthier areas.)
Eliminate School Lunches for Students Above 350% of Poverty
The School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program provide funds that enable participating schools to offer subsidized meals to students. For the 2004-2005 school year the federal subsidy was $0.21 per full price lunch and $0.23 per full price breakfast. This option would eliminate the breakfast and lunch subsidy for full-price meals for students whose household income is above 350 percent of the poverty line, while increasing the subsidy for reduced-price meals (both breakfast and lunch) by $0.20. Savings: $6.7 billion over ten years ($3.2 billion over five years)
Most disturbing:
Eliminate Teen Funding Portion of Title X Family Planning
HHS reports that 1/3 of Title X clients are teens. The program was designed in the 1970s to pay for family planning for the poor. Federal regulations allow teenagers to qualify on their own income as “poor” and thus qualify for free and reduced-priced contraceptives, including the IUD, the injection drug Depo-Provera, and the morning-after pill to teenagers, without any parental involvement or consent. $286 million is spent on the program each year, and if 1/3 of funds spent are spent on teens, that totals $95 million per year. Savings: $1.3 billion over 10 years ($511 million over five years)