"Yup: Romney’s plan would indeed cut billions from cops, firefighters and teachers" at WP

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Yup: Romney’s plan would indeed cut billions from cops, firefighters and teachers

by Greg Sargent at WP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/yup-romneys-plan-would-indeed-cut-billions-from-cops-firefighters-and-teachers/2012/06/13/gJQAj2C8ZV_blog.html


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Yesterday Mitt Romney claimed that it was “ completely absurd” of the Obama campaign to argue that he favors cutbacks in cops, firefighters and teachers. “The federal government doesn’t pay for teachers, firefighters or policemen,” Romney said, adding that they were paid by states and localities.

What’s getting lost in the back and forth here is that Romney’s actual economic plan would, in fact, cut billions of dollars in federal money that goes to cops, firefighters, and teachers — perhaps more than $10 billion a year, in fact.

This is the conclusion of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which analyzed Romney’s plan through the prism of the debate over public workers at my request.

As Michael McAuliff reported yesterday, despite Romney's claim, the federal government does give billions of dollars to states and localities through programs like Title 1, the COPS program, FEMA and others — which pay for first responders and teachers.

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[Laelth]

1. k&r for the truth. n/t

-Laelth

[Angry Dragon]

2. Truth hit Willard upside the head and he did not know what it was