On AlterNet: budget cuts

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "budget cuts"

Is Rick Perry's Budget Feeding Texas Wildfires? Local Fire Departments Suffer $23 Million in Cuts

Rachel Farris, AlterNet. September 9, 2011.

In a summer of record drought and heat, did climate-change-denier Rick Perry's budget imperil public safety with millions in cuts to volunteer fire department coffers?

Sick: AZ Man Makes $12 Too Much to Get Coverage for Heart Surgery

Zaid Jilani, ThinkProgress. June 28, 2011.

Last week, the Arizona Supreme Court announced that it will not be taking action to stop planned Medicaid cuts or an enrollment freeze.

Death by Budget Cut: Why Conservatives and Some Dems Have Blood on Their Hands

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. June 13, 2011.

There is no room for compromise when dealing with budget cuts that will surely cost innocent lives.

Vision: Urban Gardening and Green Economy Flourish in Detroit

Corey Hill, AlterNet. March 20, 2011.

The greater Detroit area is the nexus of an entire host of progressive enterprises, notable for both the diversity of its participants and the diversity of its projects.

Republican Pollster: GOP Is Jumping Off a Cliff, Chased By Tea Party "Tiger"

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. March 3, 2011.

Most Americans -- including independents -- don't want spending cuts. The GOP's agenda is appealing to its far-right base, not the American mainstream.

Jared Loughner and Mental Illness: The Devastating Effects of Budget Cuts that Slash Care to the Mentally Ill

Amy Goodman, H. Clarke Romans, Democracy Now!. January 12, 2011.

Arizona mental health professional H. Clarke Romans talks about state budget cuts that deprive people with mental health problems of much needed care.

Major Right-Wing Think Tank Proposes Eliminating Office of the Drug Czar for Budget Savings

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. November 11, 2010.

The conservative Heritage Foundation has issued a backgrounder report urging for hundreds of millions in cuts to the nation's funding of the failed drug war.

Schwarzenegger Defends Knife-Wielding Twitter Video

Agence France Presse July 22, 2009.

The governor is under fire for a budget plan announced this week that will see 15 billion dollars in spending cuts from services such as education and health care.

GOP Budget Cuts Take Aim at Educational Opportunities for Women, Bike Paths, And Technology Innovation

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. June 4, 2009.

Republicans are planning to slash more than just "wasteful and unnecessary spending."

Obama's Serious About Taking an Axe to Corruption and Waste at the Pentagon

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. March 17, 2009.

Obama has been devoting time to talk about defense spending reform, and has assembled a team to make sure it happens.

The Quiet Plan to Kill Medicare

Elana Levin, February 6, 2007.

Elana Levin: The press has failed to notice that the President's proposed 2008 budget includes a plan to do away with Medicare.