GOP plan boosts Pentagon, cuts social programs

[jaxx]

By ANDREW TAYLOR | Associated Press – 56 mins ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republicans who control the House are using cuts to food aid, health care and social services like Meals on Wheels to protect the Pentagon from a wave of budget cuts come January.

The reductions, while controversial, are but a fraction of what Republicans called for in the broader, nonbinding budget plan they passed in March. Totaling a little more than $300 billion over a decade, the new cuts are aimed less at tackling $1 trillion-plus government deficits and more at preventing cuts to troop levels and military modernization.

The House Budget Committee meets Monday to officially act on the measure, the product of six separate House panels. It faces a likely floor vote Thursday.

<..> The cuts will be dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate this year. But they're likely just a sample of what's in store next year from Republicans if Mitt Romney wins the White House and the GOP takes back the Senate. Romney promises much tougher cuts to domestic programs and an even bigger boost in the Pentagon's budget, while the House GOP budget promises sharp cuts to Medicaid and a dramatic overhaul of Medicare for future beneficiaries.

http://news.yahoo.com/gop-plan-boosts-pe...18336.html

Of course, the cuts are breaking the law which was signed by PBO in the deficit fight. But laws mean nothing to the GOP...unless they are making life miserable for the people.

[azmouse]

Should be the new Republican slogan... "Screw the poor"

[Brewman_Jax]

At least they're consistent. For the GOP, there is always money for bombs and bullets, no money for bread and books.