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11/06/2005:

"America's Poor are Under Siege - Help Stop an Immoral Budget"

A $50 BILLION hole is about to be blown in our national safety net for the poor, including:

• $9.5 billion in Medicaid – CUT. It's a direct hit to those needing health care – including children
• $5 Billion in Child Support Enforcement – GONE. Without it, deadbeat parents are off the hook again, plunging hundreds of thousands of children back into poverty.
• $844 Million in food stamps – ELIMINATED. Do we even need to explain the implications here?

The list goes on. It is about to happen at the U.S. Capitol, where Congress has proposed perhaps the cruelest, most immoral budget ever to reach the floor. Its rationale: to help pay for Katrina recovery. Yes, Katrina recovery will be expensive, but do we really believe punishing the poorest among us is the best answer? If this budget if passed, Katrina victims will the the FIRST to feel its sting. It makes no sense.

Adding insult to injury, the proposed budget also contain massive tax BREAKS for big corporations and the ultra-wealthy few.

This budget must not stand. On Thursday morning, FaithfulAmerica joined a gathering of national religious leaders at the U.S. Capitol to call on Congress to reject the proposed budget cuts in the federal budget. The reason: the proposed cuts literally take from the POOR and give to the RICH. Cruel and immoral as it sounds, this is exactly what is going down in Washington. You can help stop it. Read how below.
faithfulamerica.org

Good to remember that not every Christian in the US is a fundamentalist nut.