Bush praises American Indian housing program but plans deep cuts

[Nambe]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(AP)

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to cut the budget of an American Indian housing program praised by President Bush during a campaign stop here this week. ..

Bush, during a speech Wednesday in Albuquerque, praised the program as making the American dream available to all. He did not mention plans to cut its money.

"Doesn't it make sense to have public policy aimed at helping people own their own home?" Bush told the Albuquerque crowd of about 1,000. "I can't think of a better use of resources." ..

Bush's proposed budget would reduce the program's annual funding from $5.3 million to $1 million, which would allow it to back $29 million in home loans, according to HUD. ..

The chairman of the National American Indian Housing Council, an Indian housing advocacy group, said Thursday the cuts will stall the program just as it's gaining momentum.

Chester Carl said the program started out slowly but that tribes now understand there's another way to get housing and banks now know they can make loans on tribal land. ,,

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[MallRat]

1. Oh, so THAT'S what he meant by sovereigninity.

:eyes:

[Tight_rope]

8. Bingo....just in time for the election...boy is he working hard kissin ass

[progressivebydesign]

2. It's become a running joke... be CAREFUL if Bush praises your program!

YOU'RE NEXT on the chopping block when the budget cuts are announced. He's a jinx, or he's the most cynical, evil, bastard on earth.. I'd vote for the latter. This is standard operating procedure for him.. praise it, then kill it. Like the little fish he let Barney eat..

[snooper2]

3. flip

flop

[MallRat]

9. flop

flip!

[The Icon Painter]

4. Again?

This seems to be a habit of the Pinhead - praise a program, then once out of town, eviscerate it. When are people going to catch on?

[Cocoa]

5. good reporting

and good headline. The press has got to stay on the ball with Bush as president.

Now let's see if any of the TV whores point this out.

[htuttle]

6. He did this throughout his first 9 months in office

It became kind of a running joke that if Bush showed up at your federally funded organization, it was a sure sign he was going to gut your budget.


on edit:
Doh! I got interrupted while writing this post, and by the time I posted it, I sounded like an echo!

[NMDemDist2]

7. self deleted redunancy EOM

[Kahuna]

10. Typical. Flippety?

:puke:

[MichiganVote]

11. Going to "balance" the budget on the backs of the MC & the poor

[sandnsea]

12. Look out Columbia River

Every time the dimwit promises to do something, he cuts the program a week later. We need a timeline of this shit. It's just unreal.