By
2010, 52% of all the Bush tax cuts will go to the richest 1%...people
who make more than $313,469 a year.
The rest of us have pretty much gotten what we're going to get from the
tax giveaway, while also getting stuck with reduced gov't services and
huge deficits.
Bush's first big tax giveway ($330 billion) was in 2001. Here are some important things that $330 billion could buy:
*Full support of homeland security state and local emergency personnel in their efforts to prevent and respond to acts of terrorism for three years: $12 billion
*Health insurance for all 9.2 million currently uninsured children for one year: $13 billion
*An additional 100,000 teachers to reduce class size, provide grants to repair 6,000 schools and assist with new-school construction, and provide additional math and reading help for over 9 million eligible low-income students: $300 billion
*Complete cleanup of all high-priority toxic waste sites through the Superfund program: $92 million
*Provide Head Start for all 1.8 million children, up to 5 years old, who currently need Head Start but can't receive it: $25 billion
*100 new public-school teachers: $3.125 million
*Full immunization of 100 children against preventable diseases: $64,433
*250,000 new fire trucks: $56.2 billion
*Hire additional FDA food inspectors, and develope new ways for federal inspectors to detect food-borne illnesses in meat and poultry and determine the source of contamination: $101 million
*Provide needed assistive technology and durable medical equipment for 1 million individuals with disabilities for 10 years: $39 billion
*Compensate from 2004-2008 all federal employees called to active duty in the uniformed services or National Guard for the difference between their civilian and military pay: $89 million
*Fund countermeasures against smallpox, anthrax, botulinum toxin, plague and Ebola under Project BioShield: $5.6 billion between 2004 and 2013
*Provide services to foster children, including educational assistance, job placement, health services and room and board: $200 million
*Fund for all of 2004 the national Abandoned Infants Assistance program: $45 million