There’s a school of thought that says the GOP doesn’t care about saving taxpayers money. However, they are concerned about their party’s ideals and what they are against. They are against any liberal agenda, period. Jobs and saving taxpayers money are not on their agenda.
Think Progress
Today, two deficit-cutting bills will be voted on in the House of Representatives. One bill, introduced by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and fellow Republicans, would end all federal funding to National Public Radio (NPR). The other bill, sponsored by Reps. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Walter Jones (R-NC) and being pushed largely by progressive Democrats, calls for setting a strict timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan that would mandate the end of combat operations in that country by the end of 2011.
Additionally, as the National Priorities Project shows, ending the war could help free up money for countless domestic priorities, like hiring millions of teachers or funding health care for tens of millions of poor children. Here are just some of the alternatives that could be funded for the cost of one year of the Afghan war:
– Health Care For 55 Million Low Income Children
– 1.6 million Elementary School Teachers for One Year
– 1.9 million Firefighters for One Year
– 14.1 million Head Start Slots for Children for One Year
– 13.8 million Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year
– 1.6 million Police or Sheriff’s Patrol Officers for One Year
– 19.3 million Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550
– 13.6 million Scholarships for University Students for One Year
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