Essay option #2 (to be continued) There are 5 essays listed on this blog....read and ask questions Friday

CUT THE BUDGET!
Background: The budget for the United States and especially California is facing a huge
deficit. As a result, programs must be cut, or, taxes must be increased. However, budget
cuts are easier to enact. There are many programs to cut: Medicare, Welfare, Food Stamps, WIC, Public Education, loans and scholarships to college students and the Dream Act proposal.

Prompt: Describe the program cuts proposed by the Federal Government and California.
Analyze 3 and describe the pros and cons of cutting these programs. Make a list of budget
cuts and list the amounts you would cut. You need to cut $20 million in the state of California
and $2 trillion for the United States. How will you do this? Who will it effect? What other
changes do you propose?

Specifically, talk about programs that affect you, your family or friends (education, college, welfare programs, medi-cal or medicare, college tuitions, etc.)