Can we discuss these here? RSC proposed cuts

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No... they aren't going to cut Defense, although they will send some Medi costs back to the state... but overall i don't think this will do a whole lot... ? and what are we giving up in the process?

I'm a low mortgage, drive your car till it falls apart kind of girl... in other words, lower the big expenses, and you can still aford to go to the ballet now and again..

(Question: Does this suggest that federal employees short their taxes by 1 billion a year? and is Americorp going bye bye do you think?)

➢ 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.

➢ Eliminate duplicative education programs. H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.

➢ U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.

➢ Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings.

➢ Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $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.

➢ Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings.

➢ Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 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, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts. $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.

➢ Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.

➢ Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings.

➢ FreedomCAR 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.

➢ Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings.

➢ Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.

➢ No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings.

➢ End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.

➢ Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.

➢ IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.

➢ Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings.

➢ Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.

➢ Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.

➢ Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.

➢ Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings.

➢ Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the 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.

➢ Subsidy to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings.

➢ Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.

➢ Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.

➢ Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings.

[schildi]

Can you please re-post this, with the items sorted by the amount saved, starting with the largest?
Now that would be awesome! ;D

[Deleted]

THESE look like they are total savings:

Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.
Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings.

THESE look like they are annnual:

Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%. $600 million annual savings.


Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings.
Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings.
Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings.
New Starts Transit. $2 billion annual savings.
Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings.
U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings.
Eliminate duplicative education programs. H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.
Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings.
Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.
Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.
Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.
No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings.
Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.
Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings.
Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings.
Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings.
Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings.
Economic Assistance to Egypt. $250 million annually.
Hope VI Program. $250 million annual savings.
General Assistance to District of Columbia. $210 million annual savings.
Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings.
FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings.
National Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings.
National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings.
Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings.
Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings.
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings.
Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings.
Subsidy to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings.
Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings.
Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings.
Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.
U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.
Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings.
Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings.
Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings.
Save America's Treasures Program. $25 million annual savings.
Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings.
Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings.
International Fund for Ireland. $17 million annual savings.
USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings.
Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. $12.5 million annual savings.
Exchange Programs for Alaska, Natives Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts. $9 million annual savings.
Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings.
John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings.

Is that good?

[8 Bit WWBG]

I'm fed up with all the hate on Federal Employees right now. This is just bandwagon mentality. Its catering to the fuckers who laughed at us Feds when they went private for 50% more pay, are now jealous that their high salaries and big bonuses are gone, while we still have good jobs. The second the economy picks up, the cycle will repeat, which can't happen soon enough if it gets them off our backs.

These politicians will not end up cutting anything of consequence, because every cut hurts somebody and every somebody is a vote to be lost. They are just pandering to the crowd trying to look good and keep their jobs.

People also need to stop this "shrink the government" mentality. Big, small, medium... size is irrelevant. Vote for an EFFECTIVE government.

If they really wanted to save money, they need to get rid of the ridiculous practice of overpaying private contractors who bill the government as much as 3 FTEs would, but produce much less value.

[phil5185]

IMO the RSC report would be more credible if they stuck to significant costs that need addressing - as opposed to listing dozens of tiny costs that create sensationalism and agitation. (such as bridges to nowhere?)

Example-

(such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.

The US 'salary' is slightly over one billion per hour based on a 40 hr week. So we are arguing about a 2 hr cost spread over 10 yrs?? (About $50 for an average family, spread over a decade).

The top 10 on the annualized list, $25B/yr, (oped, thx for the sorting) should be addressed - the others are mostly insignificant.

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Three of the top are Transit though... no Amtrak, no high speed rail, no new start transit (not sure what this is?)... Is going backward on infrastructure really what we need? ... Couldn't we just cut some missle program or redundant bomber plane and accomplish the same thing? (i'm guessing... I don't know the defense budget intimately...)

[Savoir Faire-Demogague in NJ]

Three of the top are Transit though... no Amtrak, no high speed rail, no new start transit (not sure what this is?)... Is going backward on infrastructure really what we need? ... Couldn't we just cut some missle program or redundant bomber plane and accomplish the same thing? (i'm guessing... I don't know the defense budget intimately...)

What are the feds, and states doing with the billions collected from the gasoline per gallon tax? Also what is being done with the millions collected from highway, bridge and tunnel tolls? The bridge and tunnel authorities in NYC/NJ collect millions in tolls each and every day. The Verrazano Bridge toll is $13 and collected when you go west bound.

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I can't support a plan that doesn't touch the things that are blowing up the budget: social security, medicare, medicaid and debt repayment. Also it cuts family planning funds. More low income babies aren't cheap.

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I don't know SF... those are good questions. When tolls are collected locally (for a specific bridge) do they go for maintnance to that specific bridge/road? I don't know how this works...

I agree anne.. and see a few things on that list that seem to be, cut a little here now, which will probably cost more later... I mean, applied research in the department of energy... is this the thing we should cut? ...

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I mean, applied research in the department of energy...

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I hadn't even noticed that one.