The Pennsylvania Senate introduced SB 850 as their proposed 2009-2010 state budget on Friday, May 1st. That legislation is poised to be voted on, and adopted, by the Senate tomorrow, Wednesday, May 6th. SB 850 eliminates all state funding (all $3,172,000 of the state's appropriation) for civil legal services. Access to justice is fundamental to a civil society. The reduction of funding for legal services at a time of substantially increased need due to current, severe economic recession is remarkable.
Please call your state senator immediately. Implore him/her to restore the state appropriation for civil legal services. Tell him/her that access to justice for the poorest among us is not an appropriate "bargaining chip" for budget negotiation. Need contact information for your State Senator, go here (the search tool is in the upper right hand corner -- serach by zip code or county).
Showing posts with label Budget. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Budget. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Pennsylvania Senate Proposing to Eliminate ALL Funding for Legal Services
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Petition to Stop Bush Cuts in Funding for NPR & PBS
MoveOn.Org has responded to Bush's latest proposals to gut funding for NPR and PBS with a very simple petition. The petition states, in its entirety, thus:
Sign it here.
"Congress must save NPR and PBS once and for all. Congress should guarantee permanent funding and independence from partisan meddling."
Sign it here.
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Thursday, October 12, 2006
Another Reason the Budget is FUBAR
The Federal Budget surplus for Fiscal Year 2000 -- President Clinton's last year -- was $230 Billion. It was the third year in row of surplus. President Bush is celebrating his announcement that the anticipated budget deficit for 2006 will be $248 Billion. This will be the fifth highest budget deficit in history (Bush has the top three and his father is in the four spot). Some will say that maybe cutting taxes for the wealthy, increasing subsidies for oil companies, and increasing spending on thins like the Iraq war weren't such a great idea. They are probably correct, but looking at the President's announcement, I think we can see another, perhaps more fundamental reason, why this administration is so inept at the whole budget thing. From the official White House transcript (and if you don't believe me, watch it here):
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. Good afternoon. Thanks for coming to the White House. . . . This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th.
Yep. That explains a lot.
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