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Betsy Combier

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Email: betsy.combier@gmail.com

 
The E-Accountability Foundation announces the

'A for Accountability' Award

to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.

Winners of the "A":

Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
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The Economic Policy Institute Says that a Compassionate, Sensible Government is on the Chopping Block
Economic Snapshot April, 2004
          
Debate over long-term budget policy tends to neglect spending on critical functions of government such as education, the environment, enforcement of federal laws, infrastructure, and new technology for medical care and manufacturing. Such "non-security discretionary" (NSD) spending effectively receives lower priority in budget procedures. For example, administration budget documents this year emphasize specific budget commitments on deficits, taxes, entitlements (such as Social Security and Medicare), defense, and homeland security. Sustaining its commitments in all those categories of the budget would require that the last remaining budget category, spending for NSD purposes, absorb all the adjustment.

The squeeze on NSD spending-currently 3.7% of gross domestic product-would be more apparent if the administration produced the customary 10-year budget numbers instead of just the five-year budget numbers that it has provided. The 10-year numbers consistent with administration policies paint a disturbing picture, especially given that the administration has argued in favor of making all the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent. The green line in Figure 1 shows revenue as a share of GDP with the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts made permanent.

 
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