Addressing Anti-Government Actions February 14, 2011

1. Addressing Anti-Government ActionsFebruary 14, 2011 Valentine’s Day Crisis Gary D. Bass 1742 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 234-8494

2. Source: 8/6/10 at http://calculatedriskimages.blogspot.com/2010/08/employment-recessions-july-2010.html

3. Source: OMB Watch, based on Dept of Labor data

5. Bye Bye, Big Bird. Hello, E. Coli.Examples of House Budget Cuts • Meat and Poultry InspectionsCUT: $88 million • IMPACT: Furloughing federal inspectors, requiring plants to shut down for 6 to 9 weeks. RESULT: Loss of $11 billion in economic activity • FDACUT: $241 million • IMPACT: Furloughing &/or RIFs of hundreds of workers including those inspecting domestic & foreign foods; also reductions in food and medical products coming in from overseas • Cops & Law EnforcementCUT: $1.3 billion • IMPACT: Eliminates the COPS (community policing) hiring program; 5,200 fewer criminal justice jobs • Head StartCUT: $1.1 billion • IMPACT: More than 200,000 children kicked out of Head Start; thousands of Head Start teacher out of work; cuts to research, training and technical assistance • Homeless VeteransCUT: $75 million • IMPACT: Eliminates housing vouchers; 10,000 given out last year; there are an estimated 75,000 homeless veterans many from Iraq and Afghanistan wars – many battling drug and PTSD issues • Pell Grants for College StudentsCUT: Freezes Funding • IMPACT: Maximum grant to be reduced by more than $800 per student because of growth in number of eligible students & levels of financial need. • AmeriCorps & Corp for Public BroadcastingCUT: Eliminated

6. “When you have this meat ax,it just doesn’t work.” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) reaction to House spending cuts • IDEA Grants to States $558 million • Title VI-B State Grants: Supported Employment $29 million • Section 811 Supportive Housing for Personswith Disabilities $210 million • Projects with Industry $19 million • Recordings for Blind & Dyslexic $13 million • Special Olympics $8 million • Community Health Centers $1,000 million • Maternal & Child Health Block Grant $50 million • LIHEAP $390.3 million • Community Services Block Grant $341 million • Child Care Development Block Grant $39 million • Section 202 Housing for Elderly $551 million • Public Housing funds $1,221 million • Employment & Training State Grants $1,397 million

7. Baby Boomers Come of Age: Deficit Explodes Source: GAO, Alternative Assumptions, 2010

8. Under Continuation of Current Policies Debt Will Exceed 300 Percent of GDP in 2050 Source: Center on Budget & Policy Priorities calculations based on CBO data .

9. What’s Causing Deficits? Health Care Costs Source: GAO, Alternative Assumptions, 2010 % of GDP

10. Attack on Federal Regulations • Regulations as “job killers” • Rep. Darrell Issa’s more than 170 letters to companies and trade associations to identify rules to kill or modify • This week 7 House hearings; last week 4 hearings • More than 9 hours House floor discussion about regulations impact on job creation • REINS Act

11. Starve the Beast “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.” Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform June 25, 2003 The president will find the new Republic majority in the House “standing on principle, checking Washington's power and leading the drive for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government.” John Boehner, expected Speaker of the House after November 2010 elections

12. “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.” - Helder Camara, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Brazil (1909-1999)

13. A Proposed Agenda • More Revenue • Smart Entitlement Reform • Protect Human Needs Discretionary Programs • Stop Attacks on Federal Regulations

14. Passing the ADA

15. Passing Rosa’s Law

16. Passing Affordable Care Act

17. YES, WE CAN