Priorities Part Two...

Bush Tax Cuts

Agriculture: Cut farm subsidy by $587 million and impose 5% reduction in crop and dairy payments.

Medicaid: Cut $45 billion from the health program for the poor.

Amtrak: Eliminate the $1.2 billion a year subsidy for the state-run passenger rail service.

Environmental Protection Agency: Reduce spending by 1% to $56 billion.

Education: Cut spending by 2% to $23.4 billion.

Energy: Cut spending by 2% to $23.5 billion.

Housing and Urban Development: Cut spending by 11.5% to $28.5 billion.

Health and Human Service: Cut spending by 1.2% to $67.2 billion.

Barrie McKenna, Globe and Mail