Issues

Nonviolence . . . Human trafficking . . . Women . . . . The elderly . . . Immigrants' rights . . . Housing. . . Children . . . Prisoners' rights . . . Health care . . . World Hunger . . . Globalization, as it affects Latin America . . . Care of the earth . . . Seamless ethic of life

Note: The ideas and opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the author's and should not be ascribed to the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes or its members.





Thursday, February 18, 2016

Analysis of President Obama’s 2016-2017 Budget Proposal

A budget is a moral document, the USCCB has often stated. The Conference of Major Superiors of Men provides a succinct two-page analysis of the President’s recently released budget proposal using the lens of Catholic Social Teaching. You can read it here. The NationalPriorities Project offers a pie-shaped depiction of the 2016 budget proposal and also of the discretionary spending proposal. Military spending stands at 54% (not including veteran’s benefits at 6%). In this election year there is bound to be much debate in Congress, so, stay tuned!

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