Their Agenda:
Destroy 700,000 middle class jobs.
Zero out federal funding for National Public Radio and public television.
Slash $1.3 billion from community health centers and eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood.
Slash nearly a billion dollars in food and health care assistance to pregnant women, new moms, and children.
Slash support for Head Start, dropping 200,000 vulnerable children for pre-school.
Slash support for education to states which will eliminate 65,000 teachers and aides and dramatically increase class size.
Slash financial aid for 9.4 million low- and middle-income college students.
Slash $1.6 billion from the National Institutes of Health, a cut that will 'send shockwaves' through cancer research.
Eliminate $400 million in support to the U.S. Weather Service's early warning system for tsunamis, hurricanes and tornadoes.
Slash by 50% the number of veterans who get housing vouchers this year, which will increase homelessness among veterans by 10,000.
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