Shocker. Paul Ryans 'anti-poverty' idea would lead to funding cuts [View all]

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Shocker. Paul Ryans 'anti-poverty' idea would lead to funding cuts

by Laura Clawson at the Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/11/21/1452550/-This-week-in-the-war-on-workers-Shocker-Paul-Ryan-s-anti-poverty-idea-would-lead-to-funding-cuts

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Funding for all but one of these programs has shrunk in inflation-adjusted terms since their inception, in some cases dramatically. (In this paper, all figures are for fiscal years, not calendar years, and unless indicated otherwise, are adjusted for inflation.) For the 13 block grants, the median change in a block grant’s funding between its inception and 2015 is a decline of one-quarter, or 25 percent. For four of the block grants, funding plunged by more than 60 percent. For example, funding for the job training block grant, focused on improving employment and earnings prospects, has fallen 70 percent since it was adopted in 1982. [...]

Only funding for the child care block grant has increased both since inception (in 1991) and since 2000. Even that program has witnessed a funding decline since 2002. Funding for this block grant increased significantly from 2000 to 2002, but has deteriorated by 17 percent since then.

This general downward funding trend has occurred while need has increased. The overall U.S. population has grown by 14 percent since 2000. In fact, overall funding for the 13 block grants has fallen by 37 percent since 2000, when adjusted for population growth as well as inflation.

It’s almost like Paul Ryan’s Republican Who Cares About Poverty act is just an act.



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