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Recommended Cuts

These are the programs the 2012 Republican House
has proposed cutting. Please read the entire list.

      • Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy -- $445 million annual savings.
      • Save America's Treasures Program -- $25 million annual savings.
      • International Fund for Ireland -- $17 million annual savings.
      • Legal Services Corporation -- $420 million annual savings.
      • National Endowment for the Arts -- $167.5 million annual savings.
      • National Endowment for the Humanities -- $167.5 million annual savings.
      • Hope VI Program -- $250 million annual savings.
      • Amtrak Subsidies -- $1.565 billion annual savings.
      • Eliminate duplicating education programs -- H.R. 2274 - savings of $1.3 billion annually.
      • U.S. Trade Development Agency -- $55 million annual savings.
      • Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy -- $20 million annual savings.
      • Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding -- $47 million annual savings.
      • John C. Stennis Center Subsidy -- $430,000 annual savings.
      • Community Development Fund -- $4.5 billion annual savings.
      • Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid -- $24 million annual savings.
      • Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half -- $7.5 billion annual savings.
      • Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20% -- $600 million annual savings.
      • Essential Air Service -- $150 million annual savings.
      • Technology Innovation Program -- $70 million annual savings.
      • Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program -- $125 million annual savings.
      • Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization -- $530 million annual savings.
      • Beach Replenishment -- $95 million annual savings.
      • New Starts Transit -- $2 billion annual savings.
      • Exchange Programs for Alaska Natives Historical Trading Partners -- $9 million annual savings
      • Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants -- $2.5 billion annual savings.
      • Title X Family Planning -- $318 million annual savings.
      • Appalachian Regional Commission -- $76 million annual savings.
      • Economic Development Administration -- $293 million annual savings.
      • Programs under the National and Community Services Act -- $1.15 billion annual savings.
      • Applied Research at Department of Energy -- $1.27 billion annual savings.
      • Freedom CAR and Fuel Partnership -- $200 million annual savings.
      • Energy Star Program -- $52 million annual savings.
      • Economic Assistance to Egypt -- $250 million annually.
      • U.S. Agency for International Development -- $1.39 billion annual savings.
      • General Assistance to District of Columbia -- $210 million annual savings.
      • Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority -- $150 million annual savings.
      • Presidential Campaign Fund -- $775 million savings over ten years.
      • No funding for federal office space acquisition -- $864 million annual savings.
      • End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
      • Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act -- More than $1 billion annually.
      • IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers -- $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
      • Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees -- $1 billion total savings.
      • Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees -- $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
      • Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of -- $15 billion total savings.
      • Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress. WHAT???
      • Eliminate Mohair Subsidies -- $1 million annual savings.
      • Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to United Nations Panel on Climate Change -- $12.5 million annual savings.
      • Eliminate Market Access Program -- $200 million annual savings.
      • USDA Sugar Program -- $14 million annual savings.
      • Subsidy to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) -- $93 million annual savings.
      • Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program -- $56.2 million annual savings.
      • Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs -- $900 million savings.
      • Ready to Learn TV Program -- $27 million savings.

      • TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years


        Why is all of the above in the budget in the first place?
        U.S. Taxpayers should be outraged at government waste.