tion's
cially
About 40 percent of
1982 nding cuts
" tar ted at the depart
men ofH th and Hum
d Labor, Whi
r the majority of
feder anti-poverty pro-
gram . Re plan,
orche tr ed by David
Stoc , the director of
the om of anagement
and Budget, calls for
in th dgets of Aid to
F amilie ith Dependent
Children ( DC), Social
Security, food amp ,
edi id, CET A, child
nu trition, day care, child
lfare, public housi g,
o -income fuel ce,
m ternal and child health,
miily planning bl Iu
nefi, legal mces,
education, d numerou
other mce pro-
gr
But d co of
the Reagan administration,
defe auld
yr e by $7.2 billioo,
" . g from 24 percent of
the current total federal
bud t to 32 percent in
1984. ean bile, if Con-
Reagan' pro-"
nding
from 76
to 67
po , orne
ould plummet
pereen t this y
Percent by 1984.
FO
o bottom
end of our �iety - th
d the otking poo -
constitute a dispro-
portion te number of
Blac and minoritie ," ys
Benjamin L. Ho , execu
tive dir ctor of the AACP.
"Corporate American
d althy individu are
b' rs" under.
e an's bud t p ,
Jerry urf, pre "dent
of the American Federa-
'on of Sta , County d
unicipal Employee .
Re gan' It 00
rvice seem to be
an unpreceden ted alta
on omen and children.
Re an h propo d to
or eliminate funding
for the following program :
FOOD ST PS: A 1.8
billion reduction, hich th
Republi - controlled
Senate gricultural Com-
.... nittee ant to mere
furth r.
About 69 percent of all
food amp hou hold are
eaded by omen: About
78 percent of all recipien
are . Ie pent children,
elderly, or disab d, d
Oftr half of all the hoe -
ho ds have gr comes
of 3,600 year; hi1e
97 percent h e gr in-
come bel th po rty
line.
This budget cut ould
eliminiate 1.2 million of
the 22 million people ho
no depend on food
stamp The current food
stamp progr is gr
inadequate, providing an
vera of 44 cen per
me per penon and a
miximurn of bout 65 cents
per meat.
billion, 0 abno 50 per
, cent of child nutrition fund-
ing, auld be 10 , and
300 million or one-third
of the funds for the hughly
successful Supplemental
Food Program fc. omen,
Infants and Children (WIC)
auld be cut.
This propo ould
eliminate 14.5 million
tudent from the 001
.lun program and raise
the co t of school meals
from 2Q cents to about 60
cent for mnuon of other
tudent.
ID
ITHD
DRE
cut for AFDC and Child
Support Enforcement pro
grams through tightening
eligibility requirments and
reducing benefits. 0-
third of an hou hold
headed by omen with
children recei e elfare
benefits. Reagan has also
propo d that most elfare
recipient ould have to
wo to eep their ben -
fit. Under this' ork are"
plan, mother ith
child under three 0 ith
children three to and
�
cu . In additioo, a
to of more $800
million ould be chopped
from child elfare and
child abUJe programs, day
care mces, and family
planning.
MID CAID: A $100
million slice from this year'
budget, allowin only fi
percent inere in 1982,
durin a" time of double
digi infla 'on and escalat-
ing health care cost , m
to be brutal propo .
CETA: A $3.6 million
reduction in th Compte
hen " Employment and
Training Act CETA), hic:h
auld eliminate 300,000
job currently, t
filled by minorit ,
red en
from the AFUIO Execu
Council hich
mously YO d to oppo
the entire bud t pa
EDUCA 0: pro-
po d 2.7 billion deere
in federal educati on fund
ould pe out a Ie t
64,460 te r job in
1982 and force more
1.3 millio nt
drop out of te univer-
'tie and private con es
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no available day care, ould
TO F ILlES not have to ork.' All
DE CHIL- other members who receive
A $520 million AFDC ould.
A S1.7
DE OC
FO
CO G
,
o bus is 0 slra ger 0
Jo ni
o
H kno hat it' like to get up before dawn,
go to ork all day, come home tired, and still
have to worry about making ends meet.
odeb sh has t e credentials for Co gr 5S
His experience in gov nment includes having
been elected to th Cass County Board of Com
missioners 7 times. And, even though Johnie
Rodebush as the lone Democrat on the Board,
the Republican members elected him Chairman.
As a matt of fact, he served as chairman 3 tim
Johnie Rodebush also rved chairman of
the S.W. Michi:jan Reqional Planning Commission,
which covers the counties in the 4th Con 'onal
District.
" Every
He
pril for I
p sl 0 years, Jo ni
e slarted
orlh.
odeb sh
• • •
s p i lal
in s ii's lime
geHing our m"oney's
... He'll cut unnecessary government spending,
but he'll remember that we are a nation of com
passionate people, who, when necessary, help
people help themselves.
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