Fiscal Year Cuts: In the coming weeks, Congress will debate deep spending cuts in the federal government’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget. Please take action.

Fiscal Year Cuts: In the coming weeks, Congress will debate deep spending cuts in the federal government’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget. Fiscal responsibility is important, and it requires shared sacrifice and a priority concern for poor persons at home and abroad in our budget choices. Some of the largest proposed funding cuts include:

•   $2.3 billion from job training programs •   $1.08 billion from Head Start •   $100 million from Emergency Food and Shelter •   $875 million from International Disaster Assistance •   $800 million from International Food Aid •   $2.5 billion from affordable housing •   $1 billion from Community Health Centers $904 million from migrants and refugees Call your Senators and tell them: Current proposals fail the moral criteria of Catholic teaching to protect the poor and advance the common good and the Constitutional requirement to promote the general welfare. Poor and vulnerable people didn’t cause our budget deficit. They should not bear the greatest burdens in overcoming them. Don’t make them pay for it. Shared sacrifice should guide budget cuts, not disproportionate cuts in programs that serve poor persons at home or abroad. Take Action Here.