10. Thanks to a funding freeze for Superfund, allowing no adjustment for
inflation, there would be FEWER TOXIC WASTE CLEANUPS.
9.Welfare reform that would be weak on work and tough on kids.
8.Bigger deficits would result from FRONTLOADED TAX BREAKS, triggering
automatic cuts in Medicare and Medicaid.
7.Would limit direct student loans, forcing 700 schools and 700,000
students out of the program in 1997 alone, and about 7 million by FY 2002.
6.The Republican budget would increase taxes on millions of working
families earning less than $28,000 per year.
5.The Republican budget makes deep cuts in Medicaid funding that would
inevitably eliminate guarantees for health care for low-income
children, seniors in nursing homes and the disabled.
4.Hundreds of rural hospitals, which rely on Medicare for funding, could
close because of deep cuts in Medicare.
3.The Republican proposal would allow doctors to leave the traditional
Medicare program, and could result in over billing. This could
increase senior's out-of-pocket medical costs by 40%
2.Republicans have separated their budget into three voting parts to
fool you. DON'T BE MISLED! This is designed to hide Medicare cuts!
MEDICARE CUTS will pay for tax breaks for the wealthy!!!! Where
does the money go?? Into a slush fund to pay for the crown jewel of
all tax breaks: capital gains tax breaks, which benefit the very wealthy.
10. Thanks to a funding freeze for Superfund, allowing no adjustment for inflation, there would