I just don't know, Spot, I suppose Uncle George is right. But, if this is what it's like when 5% of the people own 50% of the property, what's it going to be like when 2% of the population owns 90% of everything?
>btr3,
> what do you think of this list I found at Glenn Thrush's Blog
>Spot
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>A list of programs cut (actually reduced proposed allocations) from the House/Obama bill by Senate negotiators, put together by a Republican leadership aide:
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>$40 billion State Fiscal Stabilization
>$16 billion School Construction
>$1.25 billion project-based rental
>$2.25 Neighborhood Stabilization (Eliminate)
>$1.2 billion in Retrofiting Project 8 Housing
>$7.5 billion of State Incentive Grants
>$3.5 billion Higher Ed Construction (Eliminated)
>$100 million FSA modernization
>$50 million CSERES Research
>$65 million Watershed Rehab
>$30 million SD Salaries
>$100 million Distance Learning
>$98 million School Nutrition
>$50 million aquaculture
>$2 billion broadband
>$1 billion Head Start/Early Start
>$5.8 billion Health Prevention Activity.
>$2 billion HIT Grants
>$1 billion Energy Loan Guarantees
>$4.5 billion GSA
>$3.5 billion Federal Bldgs Greening
>$100 million NIST
>$100 million NOAA
>$100 million Law Enforcement Wireless
>$50 million Detention Trustee
>$25 million Marshalls Construction
>$100 million FBI Construction
>$300 million Federal Prisons
>$300 million BYRNE Formula
>$140 million BYRNE Competitive
>$10 million State and Local Law Enforcement
>$50 million NASA
>$50 million Aeronautics
>$50 million Exploration
>$50 million Cross Agency Support
>$200 million NSF
>$100 million Science
>$89 million GSA Operations
>$300 million Fed Hybrid Vehicles
>$50 million from DHS
>$200 million TSA
>$122 million for Coast Guard Cutters, modifies use
>$25 million Fish and Wildlife
>$55 million Historic Preservation
>$20 million working capital fund
>$200 million Superfund
>$165 million Forest Svc Capital Improvement
>$90 million State & Private Wildlife Fire Management
>$75 million Smithsonian
>$600 million Title I (NCLB)
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