[From nobody Wed Sep 21 10:40:38 2011 Received: from mta-c3poola1.cluster3.convio.net ([69.48.252.163]) by mail.turbonet.com (Cactus Mail Server v9.4.0) with ESMTP id EAV40332 for <lfalen@turbonet.com>; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:26:32 -0700 Received: from 10.0.31.213 (10.0.31.39) by mta-c3poola1.cluster3.convio.net id hf8f4k15vpsn for <lfalen@turbonet.com>; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:26:29 -0500 (envelope-from <email_feedback_handler@mta-inbound.cluster3.convio.net>) Message-ID: <13141623.1316625989557.JavaMail.www@app319> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:25:23 -0500 (CDT) From: National Taxpayers Union <ntu@ntu.org> Reply-To: National Taxpayers Union <ntu@ntu.org> To: lfalen@turbonet.com Subject: [Spam 6.61] ICYMI - Unlikely Allies Uncover $1 Trillion in Savings for Super Committee Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_13649769_4578464.1316625989530" Organization: National Taxpayers Union X-campaignid: Convio-poola-ntu-11141 X-Gateway: c3poola1 XData: 1010,49tQey4@Q4n4@KKne@i-Wwjq-e X-ConvioDeliveryGroup: poola ------=_Part_13649769_4578464.1316625989530 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If you are unable to view the message below, click here to view this messag= e on our website http://action.ntu.org/site/R?i=3Ds0nID4ejCgL9rGbu5Ivs0w In Case You Missed It Unlikely Allies Uncover $1 Trillion in Savings for Super Committee WASHINGTON - As the Congressional "Super Committee" searches for $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction, a study=A0by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) and the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) provides the panel with a great place to start: http://action.ntu.org/site/R?i=3DQH60ylpiGFeXJeHXVkwM1A more than $1 trillion of spending cuts with appeal from across the political spectrum. While the two groups have widely divergent views on many tax and fiscal issues, they have joined forces to identify federal programs that both Republican and Democratic lawmakers should recognize as wasteful and inefficient uses of taxpayer dollars. The U.S. PIRG and NTU study identifies 54 specific cuts in federal spending, including:=A0=A0 =A0 * $214.9 billion in savings from eliminating wasteful subsidies to agribusiness and other corporations * $428.8 billion in savings from ending low-priority or unnecessary military programs * $232.3 billion in savings from improvements to program execution and government operations * $132.1 billion in savings from reforms to major entitlement programs Co-author Andrew Moylan, Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Taxpayers Union, added, "Though it gets drowned out by the din of Washington's partisan rancor, there is actually a large amount of agreement between watchdog groups both right and left about where the waste is in the budget. We hope this report can aid the Super Committee in the difficult task of repairing the federal balance sheet by giving them suggestions with widespread support." "In an effort to address the deficit, we too often forget to differentiate between the good and the bad; between public priorities and special interest handouts," said co-author Dan Smith, U.S. PIRG Tax and Budget Associate. "These recommendations correct years of insider lobbying that has benefited narrow interests allowing room either for investment in valued programs or deficit reduction." The report updates and builds on recommendations developed last year for the President's fiscal commission. The fiscal commission adopted 20 of 30 recommendations in the bipartisan majority report. http://action.ntu.org/site/R?i=3DKklw-mfg1UJkgB-5dJRFng The organizations plan to send their findings to the Super Committee which has until Thanksgiving to propose $1.2-$1.5 trillion in deficit reduction for a vote in the full Congress. ./../../preview!www.ntu.org/assets/pdf/news-releases/ntu-pirg-toward-commo= n-ground-2011.pdf A copy of the report is available here in PDF. http://action.ntu.org/site/R?i=3DYbmepAEp28SAXMRdyGI6Ig # U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups http://action.ntu.org/site/R?i=3DrguXfU6TtEflftiVCeUPvQ , is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest advocacy organization. Follow them on Twitter http://action.ntu.org/site/R?i=3DcIcNi4Bm7GvsXmHT4klIbQ ------=_Part_13649769_4578464.1316625989530--]