The 2014 fiscal budget plan has had presentments in the news.  Some get more money, some get less money.

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There is no sense in blowing steam about the plans to avoid falling downward off a cliff and hitting rock-bottom hard, do little for the middle-class American and only looks after the big boys raking in millions, already been said:
"The White House responded by dismissing the Plan B measure, with press secretary Jay Carney saying that it "doesn’t meet this test because it can’t pass the Senate and therefore will not protect middle class families," in a statement." [http://www.latimes.com/...
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About $31.9 billion dollars it has been assessed went to natural resources and the environment in fiscal year 2008 as a federal spending figure. [source: http://www.publicagenda.org/charts/federal-spending-environment]
That was 4 years ago.

There are different ways of looking at the spending picture.  Less money can be spent on environmental efforts and causes through more cost effective mechanisms to accomplish environmental goals.

Therefore, just because the environmental sector was affected b...
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