It’s tough to be a low income US citizen

What 8 years of Bush-Cheney have done to our economy

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Bush's 2009 budget
…deals with the housing crisis by proposing to:

  • Cut the number of housing vouchers that help very poor people pay their rent by 100,000.
  • Cut the budget for housing for poor elderly people by 27%.
  • Cut the budget for housing for people with disabilities by 32%.
  • Cut the fund for repair and maintenance of public housing by 17% and eliminate funding to repair public housing damaged by natural disasters.
  • Cut the lead-hazard reduction funds by 20%.
  • Cut the block grants to cities and states for housing and community-development programs by 18%.
  • Cut low-income energy assistance by 20%.
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