The NY Times runs down what the city will lose with the new U.S. Budget, and it's depressing and frustrating. All told, hundreds of millions in programs for social services (day care, literacy training, elderly services), police officers, and poverty reduction are gone. And there are new procedures that will make getting money harder, for affordable housing all the way to Homeland Security issues. While it's probable that there would have been cuts no matter who the President was, thinking about the $2.57 trillion budget makes our head hurt. And Republicans are thinking that a veto might be the way to pass it.
The White House on the 2006 Fiscal Year Budget.
