A recent report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities revealed that many states have enacted deep, dramatic cuts to their K–12 and higher education budgets and that nearly all states are spending less money on education than they did in 2008 (after inflation). This is despite the fact that the demand for education is [...]
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State Education Cuts Endanger the Future
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, tagged AAUW, budget, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Department of Education, early-childhood education, economy, education, education cuts, higher education, job growth, K-12, loan debt, news, public education, quality education, student debt, Student Loans, taxpayer dollars on August 4, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
GOP Budget Dead on Arrival in House
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged budget, financial aid, FY2012, House Budget Committee, Medicaid, Medicare, Paul Ryan, Ryan, student aid, Student Loans on April 5, 2011, | 2 Comments »
Today, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chair of the House Budget Committee, released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2012. This budget is built on the backs of America’s families, robbing seniors, students, and workers in the name of helping America’s corporations get richer by lowering their taxes. Not only would the budget slash vital programs [...]
Will You Take a Stand?
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged budget, congress, health, House, Planned Parenthood, Senate on February 28, 2011, | 2 Comments »
After learning that the U.S. House of Representatives voted to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood last Friday, I experienced a variety of emotions, from disbelief and disappointment to irritation and sadness. While many people have already written about this issue, I still feel compelled to take a stand, and I hope that you will do [...]
Making Ends Meet
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged budget, Caregivers, paid sick days, pay equity, pay gap, single mothers, wage gap on May 26, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Budgeting is hard. From the fist-time job holder or the family of four to the country as a whole, all of us must weigh our choices and make difficult decisions. In the economic recession that we are starting to recover from, we have had to decide how to invest in our futures while we pay [...]
Budget Cuts
Posted in Educational Programs, Women & Economic Security, tagged budget, education, tax cuts on February 11, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
President George W. Bush presented his final budget proposal to Congress last Monday. In a time when the United States is facing an economic down-turn and poverty is on the rise, the proposed FY2009 budget proposal cuts many vital social programs while the proposed tax cuts assist the wealthiest 2% of Americans. The FY2009 budget [...]
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