Monday, February 25, 2013

Walker Pooh-Poohs


Scott Walker sees little Wisconsin impact from federal cuts. (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 2/24/2013)

Not for him, anyway.

White House outlines sequester effects on Wisconsin. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2/24/2013)

Losses in federal funding to Wisconsin include
  • $8.5 million in federal aid for elementary and secondary education (120 jobs at risk)
  • $10.1 million for 120 special education teachers and other staff
  • Cuts to Head Start programs in the state would pare 900 children from the program 
  • $12.4 million in pay to civilian military employees through unpaid furloughs
  • $1 million in Army base funding.
  • $1.4 million for substance abuse grants, cutting service to about 2,600 people 
  • $543,000 in cuts for preparedness for public health threats
  • $173,000 cut from immunization programs for children
  • $3.9 million in aid for antipollution programs. The state might lose 
  • $1.5 million, possibly, in state grants for fish and wildlife protection
  • $653,000 from senior meal programs. 

Not to mention......
  • Major delays at airports due to 
    • furloughs to security screeners, 
    • layoffs of large numbers of air traffic controllers,
  • Closures of national parks, 
  • Reductions of 9.4% in unemployment benefits
  • Cuts in aid for the homeless and those with serious mental illness.

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