Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Specific Federal Spending Cuts

    These are all the programs that the new Republican House has proposed cutting. Notice that Social Security and the military are NOT on the list. Compliments of Gordon Anderson.

* Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy -- $445 million annual savings.
* Save America's Treasures Program -- $25 million annual savings.
* International Fund for Ireland -- $17 million annual savings.
* Legal Services Corporation -- $420 million annual savings.
* National Endowment for the Arts -- $167.5 million annual savings.
* National Endowment for the Humanities -- $167.5 million annual savings.
* Hope VI Program -- $250 million annual savings.
* Amtrak Subsidies -- $1.565 billion annual savings.
* Duplicate Education Programs --  $1.3 billion    annual savings.
* U.S. Trade Development Agency -- $55 million annual savings.
* Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy -- $20 million annual savings..
* Congressional Printing and Binding (1/2) -- $47 million annual savings.
* John C. Stennis Center Subsidy -- $430,000 annual savings.
* Community Development Fund -- $4.5 billion annual savings.
* Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid -- $24 million annual savings.
* Federal Travel Budget (1/2) -- $7.5 billion annual savings
* Federal Vehicle Budget (-20%) -- $600 million annual savings.
* Essential Air Service -- $150 million annual savings.
* Technology Innovation Program -- $70 million annual savings.
* Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program -- $125 million annual savings.
* Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization -- $530 million annual savings.
* Beach Replenishment -- $95 million annual savings.
* New Starts Transit -- $2 billion annual savings.
* Exchange Programs for Alaska Natives & Native Hawaiians -- $9 million annual savings
* Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants -- $2.5 billion annual savings.
* Title X Family Planning -- $318 million annual savings.
* Appalachian Regional Commission -- $76 million annual savings.
* Economic Development Administration -- $293 million annual savings.
* National and Community Services Act -- $1.15 billion annual savings.
* Applied Research at Department of Energy -- $1.27 billion annual savings.
* Freedom CAR and Fuel Partnership -- $200 million annual savings.
* Energy Star Program -- $52 million annual savings.
* Economic Assistance to Egypt -- $250 million annually.
* U.S. Agency for International Development -- $1.39 billion annual savings.
* General Assistance to District of Columbia -- $210 million annual savings...
* Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority -- $150 million annual savings.
* Presidential Campaign Fund -- $77.5 million annual savings.
* Federal Office Space Acquisition -- $864 million annual savings.
* Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act -- More than $1 billion annually.
* IRS Direct Deposit: -- $180 million annual savings.
* Collection of unpaid federal employees taxes -- $1 billion total savings.
* Union Activities by federal employees -- $120 million annual savings.
* Excess federal properties-- $15 billion total savings.
* Death gratuity for Members of Congress.
* Mohair Subsidies -- $1 million annual savings.
* United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- $12.5 million annual savings.
* Eliminate Market Access Program -- $200 million annual savings.
* USDA Sugar Program -- $14 million annual savings.
* Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) -- $93 million annual savings.
* National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program -- $56.2 million annual savings.
* Obamacare administrative costs -- $900 million savings.
* Ready to Learn TV Program -- $27 million savings.
* HUD Ph.D. Program.
* Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.

*TOTAL SAVINGS: 2.5 TRILLION OVER 10 YEARS

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