Women and Children Last - Again: An Analysis of the President's FY2007 Budget
National Women's Law Center
The Administration's budget moves in a direction that decreases economic security and reduces opportunity, especially for already vulnerable Americans such as low-income women, children and the elderly, the National Women's Law Center said today.
NWLC has closely examined the budget released this week by President Bush.
The analysis, Women and Children Last - Again: An Analysis of the President's FY2007 Budget, looks at how program cuts disproportionately fall on women and their families, especially single mothers and elderly women; highlights how the proposed budget would exacerbate the deficit through proposals for additional tax cuts for the wealthy; and examines proposed budget rules that would cement these warped priorities for years to come.
"Six years ago, the President told Americans that the nation could afford to have tax cuts and continue to meet its domestic priorities," said Joan Entmacher, NWLC Vice President for Family Economic Security.
"The President's budget would leave more women and families without access to adequate food, health care and housing and without the child care, education and training they need to succeed in school and on the job," Entmacher added.
"At the same time, the budget would expand tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy few."
