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The Chronicle, 2/7/2005: President's Budget Seeks to Cut Many Programs That Subsidize Charities
	In the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Elizabeth Schwinn and Brad Wolverton look at the charitable programs targeted for cuts in the Bush budget, in particular adult and vocational education, low cost housing, and the entire Community Development Block Grant Program, by which local governments fund nonprofit programs of many kinds. Posted: 2/11/05; 4:19:24 PM #

Without Vision the People Perish: A Reaction to President Bush’s 2006 Budget Proposal

Jim Wallis of Sojourners gives a kind hearted Christian's perspective on the Bush budget. His key points are: (1) Budgets are moral documents that reflect the values and priorities of a family, church, organization, city, state, or nation. (2) The cost of the deficit is increasingly borne by the poor. (3) Low-income people should not be punished for decisions that placed us in financial straits. (4) These budget priorities would cause the prophets to rise up in righteous indignation, as should we. Posted: 2/11/05; 4:14:13 PM #

OneWorld US Daily Headlines - Bush Budget Cuts Target Environment, Social Programs
	J.R. Pegg of Environment News Service takes a look at how the proposed Bush budget targets environmental programs for deep cuts. Programs related to clean water are particularly hard hit. Posted: 2/11/05; 4:08:30 PM #

Federal Dollars, Local Impact
	In Federal Dollars, Local Impact, Jan Richter of Connect for Kids goes into some detail about how the proposed Bush budget will defund local programs, both through grants to local governments and through the federal connection to local nonprofits. Posted: 2/11/05; 4:02:57 PM #

Salon.com News | Bush's lean and mean new budget

In my recent editorial on the impact of the 2004 election on the nonprofit sector, I asserted that at its core the sector should have kindness as a value. In contrast Julia Scott, of Salon Magazine, describes Bush's new budget as mean (free ad supported day pass required). She explores the cuts in child care, heating bills, housing and public parks. Meanness has somehow elbowed its way to the center of American politics. Posted: 2/11/05; 3:58:38 PM #

A Breathtaking Budget (washingtonpost.com)
	In A Breathtaking Budget (free registration required), The Washington Post lays out a mainstream response to President Bush's budget proposal. Even from the perspective of a mainstream newspaper, rather than from the perspective of the nonprofit sector, the priorities are all wrong. Posted: 2/11/05; 3:46:50 PM #