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YouCut proposals week 6
Big Bureaucracy ^ | June 26th, 2010 | Ellie Velinska

Posted on 06/26/2010 7:34:28 AM PDT by Big Bureaucracy

The Republican Whip in the House Eric Cantor posted the proposals for spending cuts for the week on his YouCut web page. The public is encouraged to vote and the winning idea will be voted on the floor – for real.

Over 1,000,000 votes were cast already. Every time you bring a YouCut item to the House floor you cast a vote for Washington to change and stop the ridiculous spending.

Because you asked the “best of the seconds” – all of the previous weeks second place finishers are once again up for a vote.

- Consolidate and Reduce Funding for Federal Advisory Committees Savings $34 million next year and $340 million over ten years;

- Terminate Duplicative Federal Bicycle and Walking Program Saves $183 million a year or $1.8 billion over ten years;

- Suspend Federal Land Purchases Saves $266 million next year and $2.66 billion over ten years;

- Require Collection of Unpaid Taxes From Federal Employees Savings of potentially $1 billion +;

- Taxpayer Subsidized Union Activities Saves potentially $120 million a year and $1.2 billion over ten years.

Vote your choice for spending cuts here

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TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: cantor; myblog; week6; youcut

1 posted on 06/26/2010 7:34:33 AM PDT by Big Bureaucracy
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To: Big Bureaucracy
nice in theory but wholly inadequate to the real issue, entitlements and debt obligations that will never be made good on.

Personally I am tired of having money taken away to pay for another's retirement and health care. Yes, I am a cold SOB for thinking that my kid comes first over someone else and their desire to squeak out a few extra years past the average adult lifespan. Why is my kid and those after them responsible for paying those bills?

2 posted on 06/26/2010 7:56:27 AM PDT by misterrob (Thug Life....now showing at a White House near you....)
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To: Big Bureaucracy

Cut all 5 and save 7,000,000,000+ over 10 years.


3 posted on 06/26/2010 7:59:31 AM PDT by Dexter Morgan (Everyone hides who they are.)
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To: misterrob

True, but the Congress wouldn’t even cut this obvious nonsense spending. It is hard for democrats to pretend they are “fiscally responsible” if they are on the record voting down on every YouCut proposal.


4 posted on 06/26/2010 8:34:04 AM PDT by Big Bureaucracy
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To: Dexter Morgan

Cut, baby, cut!


5 posted on 06/26/2010 8:34:53 AM PDT by Big Bureaucracy
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These are lame..If its even up for consideration, just whack it.


6 posted on 06/26/2010 9:25:22 AM PDT by Michael Barnes (Call me when the bullets start flying.)
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To: Big Bureaucracy
The latest news from YouCut. This is worth being a regular, ongoing thread.

Original article is on The Hill.

7 posted on 11/17/2010 6:19:54 PM PST by rabidralph
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