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"When the families of my district in western North Carolina have unforeseen expenses arise, they have to look for other, less-important items to cut from the family budget," Mr. McHenry said. "Government needs to apply that same common sense. We must not allow the liberals in Congress to politicize this issue and use it as their latest excuse to raise taxes."
Mr. McHenry cited Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a Republican, who said Hurricane Katrina destroyed every school in four of his state's counties.
"Eliminating the federal share of CPB funding would free up $400 million this year," he said. "That is enough money to build 40 elementary schools."
(these statements are all complete BS... Families look for extra money as well as cutting spending on luxuries, no family I have ever met is willing to part with everything in order just to keep paying the bills, they will save where they can, but they will seek money from other sources as well. And as far as the 40 elementary schools statement, it's $360 million a year...and $40 million shy of the number he quoted is a big gap, not to mention the fact that 10 million won't build an elementary school.)
But Brad Woodhouse, spokesman for the Emergency Campaign for America's Priorities, a group backed by organized labor to oppose budget cuts, said the effort has nothing to do with Katrina and everything to do with GOP efforts to salvage tax cuts enacted under President Bush, most of which have benefited the wealthy.
"The idea that these cuts are to offset Katrina relief is hogwash," he said. "If offsets were a priority for this crowd, why has the GOP leadership refused to offset other spending such as rebuilding Iraq, Afghanistan or other operations in Iraq? The fact is this GOP effort is Robin Hood in reverse -- robbing from the poor to give to the rich -- and it ought to make GOP moderates, especially marginal members, very, very nervous."
"When the families of my district in western North Carolina have unforeseen expenses arise, they have to look for other, less-important items to cut from the family budget," Mr. McHenry said. "Government needs to apply that same common sense. We must not allow the liberals in Congress to politicize this issue and use it as their latest excuse to raise taxes."
Mr. McHenry cited Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a Republican, who said Hurricane Katrina destroyed every school in four of his state's counties.
"Eliminating the federal share of CPB funding would free up $400 million this year," he said. "That is enough money to build 40 elementary schools."
(these statements are all complete BS... Families look for extra money as well as cutting spending on luxuries, no family I have ever met is willing to part with everything in order just to keep paying the bills, they will save where they can, but they will seek money from other sources as well. And as far as the 40 elementary schools statement, it's $360 million a year...and $40 million shy of the number he quoted is a big gap, not to mention the fact that 10 million won't build an elementary school.)
But Brad Woodhouse, spokesman for the Emergency Campaign for America's Priorities, a group backed by organized labor to oppose budget cuts, said the effort has nothing to do with Katrina and everything to do with GOP efforts to salvage tax cuts enacted under President Bush, most of which have benefited the wealthy.
"The idea that these cuts are to offset Katrina relief is hogwash," he said. "If offsets were a priority for this crowd, why has the GOP leadership refused to offset other spending such as rebuilding Iraq, Afghanistan or other operations in Iraq? The fact is this GOP effort is Robin Hood in reverse -- robbing from the poor to give to the rich -- and it ought to make GOP moderates, especially marginal members, very, very nervous."
