More good news for the Rich...

From today's Washington Post:

"The White House will seek to drastically shrink the Department of Housing and Urban Development's $8 billion community branch, purging dozens of economic development projects, scrapping a rural housing program and folding high-profile anti-poverty efforts into the Labor and Commerce departments, administration officials said yesterday.

Advocates for the poor, however, contended that the White House is trying to gut federal programs for the poorest Americans to make way for tax cuts..

The plan was detailed in a December memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget to HUD. The document provides one of the first concrete examples of the types of cuts in the works as the administration comes to grips with a soaring deficit.

Congressional housing aides say the $4.7 billion Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program -- the bulk of the community planning budget -- could be cut as much as 50 percent. Cities have become dependent on HUD's development programs, especially the CDBG, which has existed for 30 years, city officials said. Stanley Jackson, director of the D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development, said the city has used CDBG grants of $21 million to $22 million a year for clinics, recreation centers, day-care facilities, literacy programs and housing development."

THESE PROGRAMS AREN'T IMPORTANT, who cares if the urban youth can read and write, or if they have a place to go after school so they don't join gangs. What’s truly important is that the richest one percent of America can get that new BMW. Priorities People!

"With housing and property values skyrocketing, the need for such programs for low-income families has never been higher, he said. "

And seriously, who really cares if that family of four living in the District has a roof over their head....I hear the grates on Constitution give off tons of heat.

Lets talk for a second about moral values, and NOOO I don't mean God, gays, or guns. Shocking I know, I mean the morality of helping poor children get a fair crack at life. I mean the morality of fostering a brighter future for our countries most destitute, because this is truly a moral issue. Should the wealthiest nation on earth use its vast resources and capital to help its poorest citizens?? Or should we give hand outs to the rich???? I will no longer be bound by the incredulous notion impressed upon us by both the right and the media, that a belief in God and gay rights are THE moral issues facing our nation. MULARKY!!!! I couldn't give a damn whether two men or women in Massachusetts want to get hitched....What truly goes against my morals, is when those in power forgo their responsibility to help out those in need.

The Christian right says that that a man marrying another man threatens the institution of marriage and tears at our nation’s social fabric… But doesn’t the Christian religion also teach the love of your fellow man, and to care for the poor?

“if one of your countrymen becomes poor and is unable to support himself among you, help him…” Leviticus 25:25

"If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother." Deuteronomy 15:7

"If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth." 1 John 3:17-18

I wonder if the Christian right, who so adamantly oppose gay marriage, will be equally outraged at Bush’s new proposal? Im guessing their fear and hatred of homosexuals will trump their compassion for their fellow man.