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To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health care funds, decreasing opportunity, simply
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"To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health care funds, decreasing opportunity, simply so we can pay for tax cuts and a war in Iraq is beyond belief, and we need to reverse it"

- Tom Allen

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This quote by Tom Allen is a criticism of the present budget and its results on children. He is revealing his shock that the government is cutting funds for health care and opportunity for children in order to spend for tax cuts and a war in Iraq. He thinks that this is wrong and that it needs to be reversed. He is suggesting that the government ought to prioritize the requirements of children over tax cuts and war. He is promoting for a budget plan that puts children initially and provides them with the resources they require to be successful. He thinks that the government ought to be purchasing the future of children, not cutting their resources. He is calling for a change in the budget plan that will prioritize the needs of children and provide them with the resources they require to prosper.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Tom Allen somewhere between April 16, 1945 and today. He/she was a famous Politician from USA. The author also have 30 other quotes.

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