American Programs At Risk Vs. Tax Breaks
Programs at risk
6 billion
Supplemental nutrition for poor
families (WIC)
6 billion
Teacher training and
afterschool programs
1 billion
Jab training for unemployed
and new workers
5 billion
Low Income Home Energy
Assistance (LILEEP) grants to
poor families
5 billion
Community health centers
billion
Homeless Assistance Grants
million
Legal services for the poor
million
Title I Fa mily Planning
billion
All programs at risk combined
Tax breaks for the wealthy
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cost)
7 billion
Cost of' estate planning" techniques
used by wealthy to avoid taxes
2 billion
Cost of removing limit on itemized
deductions for hig
taxpayers, FY 201 1
1 billion
Cost of tax breaks for offshore
operations of US. financial
companies
5 billion
Tax breaks for oil companies
for drilling and oil well
costs, FY 201 2)
9 billion
Cost of extending alcohol fuel tax
breaks
3 billion
Tax loophole for managers of
hedge funds and private equity
funds (FY 2012)
million
Cost of allowing companies to write
off punitive damages ill}: -,rears}
million
Cost of special tax breaks for
the timber industry
billion
cost of extending Bush
tax cuts for top brackets FY 201 2]
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