Top 10 most shocking spending cuts Republicans voted for | The Raw Story

People really need to be paying attention…

Instead of taxing Millionaires and Corporations at an appropriate level, the GOP wants to decimate important Government programs.

Here is another list- on top of some of the other cuts I’ve already listed…

From Rawstory.com:

House Republicans recently passed over $60 billion in spending cuts from current levels for fiscal 2011, pitched as necessary to reduce the massive budget deficit.

From disaster relief funding to aid fr abused women, the GOP went after the government’s 2011 budget with a zeal it normally reserves for tax cuts. Though the Democratic-led Senate rejected the proposal, here are some of the most shocking programs Republicans voted to slash.

1) The National Weather Service

The bill stripped $126 million from the Natural Weather Service, the agency within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tasked with preparing us for natural disasters such as tsunamis, hurricanes, blizzards, floods and fires.

It’s the same agency that issued a tsunami warning Friday for people on the West Coast after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake devastated Japan. The measure cut a total of $454.3 million from NOAA operations, research and facilities.

2) Emergency Oil Reserves

The GOP budget plan slashed $120.2 million from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a critical source of emergency oil supplies in case flow is interrupted.

 

In the wake of the earthquake in Japan, President Barack Obama said the US is “prepared to tap” into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve “should the situation demand it.”

3) Assistance For Firefighters

$510 million was axed from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s grants for firefighters, part of a broader $1.5 billion cut to various FEMA programs.

4) Communication Among Emergency Responders

The Law Enforcement Wireless Communications office took a $70 million cut — it’s responsible for facilitating “secure, reliable and interoperable” communications to help with “counterterrorism, counterintelligence, law enforcement and emergency response.”

According to the New York Times, an improved capacity for public safety officers across different jurisdictions to effectively communicate with each other would have dramatically helped first responders on 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina.

5) Oversight Of Financial Markets

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, tasked with overseeing derivative swaps and financial instruments, saw a $56.8 billion cut in the GOP plan. The financial crisis of 2008-09 is believed to have been caused by a lack of effective oversight. (President Obama wants to increase CFTC’s funding.)

6) Prosecution Of Financial Crimes

In the wake of Bernie Madoff, and after big banks apparently got away with suckering people into predatory loans, Republicans voted to cut $2.1 million from the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

7) Helping Women Escape Domestic Abuse

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