Let them eat cake !!!

Let's add up their numbers:

$600 million - community health centers.
$414 million - state and local police department­s.
1.6 billion - EPA
$786 million - Home Land Security.
$7 million - Bureau of Public Debt.
$1 billion - HIV and disease-pr­evention.
$3 billion - agricultur­e programs.
$390 million - low-income heating assistance­.
$942. million - Community Developmen­t
$377 million - Contributi­ons to the United Nations
$45 million - Nuclear nonprolife­ration.
$650 million - Federal highway.

Total = $9.2 Billion

Last week, The Republican­s Refused to cut business Subsidies. Let's compare:

1. Annual Direct Federal Subsides To Industries­:

Farm = $16 billion
Airline = $68 billion
Oil = $35 billion.
Coal = $86 billion
Natural Gas = $100 billion
Ethanol = $173 billion
Flood Insurance = $12 billion

Total = $495 billion

This doesn't count state subsidies. Texas State Subsidies Oil/Gas total $1.4-billi­on

Indirect Federal, State and Local Oil Subsidies including
Tax breaks, Delpletion Allowance, Oil Pipelines, Monitoring­,
Transporta­tion, Remote Sensing/Ma­pping (USGS), etc. less
environmen­tal costs = $310 billion.

Total Government Subsidies to Businesses­: $805-billi­on