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To: TimF who wrote (10547)	2/1/2006 7:06:54 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 541701

Pell grant spending since 2001. whitehouse.gov Apparently there was a slight cut in 2005, but 2005 was an increase over either 2004 or 2005, and funding increased every year other than 2005. Overall the program grew by something like 40% under Bush. Tim

To: TimF who wrote (10547)	2/1/2006 8:16:25 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541701

But tax cuts aren't redistributionist. They don't take anything from the poor. What would you call it when the tax cuts are partially financed with cuts in medicaid? When the tax cuts are financed, partially, with cuts in support for student loans and grants for higher education? When the tax cuts are financed, partially, with cuts in any number of programs that assist the poor? The list is endless. The long paragraph you have about how programs haven't been cut doesn't address the argument. Those are aggregate numbers. If, for instance, you make the point that support for higher education has increased, that's not necessarily support that helps families pay for it. That's where the cuts occur. And they hit the least political powerful the most.