Budget Cuts

As the government is preparing to make their $85 billion budget cuts, they may be harming the poor families of America the hardest. Annie Lowrey wrote "As Automatic Budget Cuts Go Into Effect, Poor May Be Hit Particularly Hard" In the New York Times. She wrote "housing programs would be hit particularly hard, with about 125,000 individuals and families put at risk of becoming homeless."


I think it is really a shame that we are putting low income families out on the streets with the budget cuts. There are so many other areas to cut back on our budget, so putting American families out on the street should be the last resort. For example, in class we have seen the extremely large budget put into law enforcement for stopping drug use. We have also seen all of the money going into prisons. It seems that not all of that money is necessary as we are locking up many fairly innocent people.

In what other, less harmful places, could budget cuts be made?