Arthur Delaney arthur@huffingtonpost.com | HuffPost Reporting
First Posted: 11- 9-10 03:39 PM | Updated: 11- 9-10 05:04 PM
The Republican Study Committee on Monday recommended reducing the deficit by cutting a welfare program that lards the federal budget with $2.5 billion in wasteful spending every year.
The Committee, led by Rep. Tom Price (Ga.), called for cutting the $2.5 billion Emergency Fund created by the stimulus bill to help states subsidize jobs via the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. The original TANF replaced the Aid to Dependent children (ADC) program during the Clinton administration.
Price has targeted the program as part of House Republicans' "YouCut" initiative to reduce federal spending.
The goal of welfare programs should be to help people get back on their feet as quickly as possible rather than simply expanding dependence on government," Price said in a statement.
In addition to saving taxpayers $25 billion over the next 10 years, cutting the emergency fund from the President's failed stimulus package will refocus temporary assistance on its rightful role.
However, the TANF Emergency Fund had already expired, along with the 240,000 jobs progressive economists say it created.
"Republicans claim to be serious about reducing the deficit but yet they roll out a proposal to eliminate a program that no longer exists," said Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) in a statement.
What's next -- claiming savings for cutting New Deal work programs that were terminated over 70 years ago?
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First Posted: 11- 9-10 03:39 PM | Updated: 11- 9-10 05:04 PM
The Republican Study Committee on Monday recommended reducing the deficit by cutting a welfare program that lards the federal budget with $2.5 billion in wasteful spending every year.
The Committee, led by Rep. Tom Price (Ga.), called for cutting the $2.5 billion Emergency Fund created by the stimulus bill to help states subsidize jobs via the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. The original TANF replaced the Aid to Dependent children (ADC) program during the Clinton administration.
Price has targeted the program as part of House Republicans' "YouCut" initiative to reduce federal spending.
The goal of welfare programs should be to help people get back on their feet as quickly as possible rather than simply expanding dependence on government," Price said in a statement.
In addition to saving taxpayers $25 billion over the next 10 years, cutting the emergency fund from the President's failed stimulus package will refocus temporary assistance on its rightful role.
However, the TANF Emergency Fund had already expired, along with the 240,000 jobs progressive economists say it created.
"Republicans claim to be serious about reducing the deficit but yet they roll out a proposal to eliminate a program that no longer exists," said Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) in a statement.
What's next -- claiming savings for cutting New Deal work programs that were terminated over 70 years ago?
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