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New analysis finds Oregon hit hard by cuts in president’s budget for ‘08 Oregon would lose $123 million in federal funding next year for a wide range of public structures, including K-12 education and Head Start, under President Bush’s budget for 2008, ac- cording to a report released by the Washington, D.C.-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The funding cuts, scheduled to deepen in future years under the presi- dent’s proposal, would force Oregon to either raise taxes to compensate for the lost federal funds, or reduce basic public services. The analysis prompted criticism of the president’s budget by Governor Ted Kulongoski, advocates for Oregon children, and a local re- search institute. Janet Bauer, a policy analyst at the Oregon Center for Public Policy who reviewed the analysis, expressed dis- appointment at the president’s priori- ties. “This budget says that maintain- ing critical infrastructure in Oregon such as education, safe drinking water and public safety is not as important as extending tax breaks, including tax giveaways for millionaires. These pri- orities would send Oregon and the country in the wrong direction,” she said. Bauer also noted that the presi- dent’s budget worsens the federal deficit by including massive tax cuts along with the program cuts. “The president’s budget would worsen the federal government’s fiscal situation, because the tax cuts would cost much more than the program cuts would save,” she said. “This budget is a roadmap toward greater inequality in Oregon,” Bauer added. Under the president’s budget, the average millionaire nationally would receive $162,000 in 2012 alone, while funding cuts would harm low- and moderate-income families across the country, including in Oregon. The new Center on Budget and Pol- icy Priorities report estimates, for ex- ample, that the President Bush’s budget would: • Cut federal K-12 education fund- ing to Oregon by $70 million over the next five years, relative to the 2007 level. The president’s proposal would take back much of the additional fund- ing Congress provided to help states implement the federal No Child Left Behind law. “We simply can’t produce the re- sults everyone wants for our students if the federal government is going to re- duce its investment,” said Jonah Edel- man of Stand for Children. • Cut Oregon’s child care funding by $5 million over the next five years relative to the 2007 level. Today, fed- eral child care funding is already be- low the 2002 level. “If we want to support working parents and ensure that our kinder- garteners are ready to learn, then we need to invest in quality child care and early education. This budget goes in the opposite direction, leaving more children without the child care help they need,” said Cathy Kaufman, of the nonpartisan advocacy group, Chil- dren First for Oregon. 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Anderson 621 SW Morrison, Portland Enrolled Agent/Tax Practitioner 223-8517 PAGE 10 • Cut Oregon’s Head Start funding by $2 million in 2008 and by $22 mil- lion over the next five years relative to the 2007 level. These cuts would come on top of cuts already made to the pro- gram. Faced with these funding cuts, Ore- gon’s Head Start programs have sev- eral choices. They can serve fewer children; cut back on teachers’ salaries, classroom materials, and the specialized services they provide to children; or they can try to raise money from other sources. The federal funding Oregon would receive in 2008 would serve 1,000 fewer children than we would serve if funding had kept pace with inflation since 2002. The president’s proposal is incon- sistent with the priority outlined by Gov. Kulongoski to fully fund Head Start so that all eligible Oregon chil- dren can benefit. “Head Start is critical to ensuring every Oregon child enters kindergarten ready to learn. Now is the time to move forward to make early childhood education available to all eligible kids — not take steps backward with budget cuts and reduced enrollment, which is what the president’s budget would deliver,” said Kulongoski. • Cut Oregon’s funding for low-in- come energy assistance by $5.5 mil- lion next year and by $31 million over the next five years. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides funding to states to help vulnerable households pay their home heating bills. Most house- holds that receive LIHEAP include someone who is elderly or a person with disabilities. The increase in en- ergy prices over the past few years has made LIHEAP more important than ever. • Cut Oregon’s funding for clean and safe drinking water by $5 million next year and by $29 million over the next five years. Some of the biggest cuts in the president’s budget would come in environmental programs. 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