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[For "Homeland Security"] Spend 22 times what Congress appropriated to cities and states in aide to first responders this year.Hire more than 2 million new teachers orSpend an additional $1,824 on each child in American public schools. "The so-called ‘No Child Left Behind Act’ is underfunded by eight billion dollars," says Kathleen Lyons of the National Education Association, a teacher’s union. "This administration has misplaced priorities about funding."Spend $7,909 on each American child without health insurance.Hire more than 2 million new firefighters. "Two thirds of the fire departments in this nation are understaffed," says George Burke of the International Association of Firefighters. "Because of cuts in federal spending to the states we are facing the worst crisis since the Great Depression."Increase the EPA’s budget more than tenfold.With $87 billion "we could clean up once and for all America’s worst toxic waste sites and dirtiest power plants and help protect hundreds of communities from wildfires," says Eric Antebi of the Sierra Club. Spend 27 times more on AIDS research than the federal government spent in fiscal year 2000.
$87 Billion Is More Than The Combined Total Of All State Budget Deficits In The United States.The Bush administration proposed absolutely zero funds to help states deal with these deficits, despite the fact that their tax cuts drove down state revenues. [Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities] $87 Billion Is Enough To Pay The 3.3 Million People Who Have Lost Jobs Under George W. Bush $26,363 Each!The unemployment benefits extension passed by Congress at the beginning of this year provides zero benefits to "workers who exhausted their regular, state unemployment benefits and cannot find work." All told, two-thirds of unemployed workers have exhausted their benefits. [Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities] $87 Billion Is More Than DOUBLE The Total Amount The Government Spends On Homeland Security.The U.S. spends about $36 billion on homeland security. Yet, Sen. Warren Rudman (R-N.H.) wrote "America will fall approximately $98.4 billion short of meeting critical emergency responder needs" for homeland security without a funding increase. [Source: Council on Foreign Relations] $87 Billion Is 87 Times The Amount The Federal Government Spends On After School Programs.George W. Bush proposed a budget that reduces the $1 billion for after-school programs to $600 million -- cutting off about 475,000 children from the program. [Source: The Republican-dominated House Appropriations Committee]
