03 November, 2005

budget bill wrecks our budgets

The budget reconciliation bill now being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives is terrible for Texas because:

• Texans could be turned down for nursing home and long-term care 5 years down the road for donating to hurricane victims and other charities today.

• It punishes the generosity of Texans by shifting the financial burden of caring for hurricane evacuees directly to Texas and away from the federal government.

• It could force Texans who need long-term care services to sell the homes they have lived in for years because their home equity was driven up by skyrocketing real estate prices.

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