Obama to cut slain officers program "almost" by half
Warner Todd Huston has it right - where's the outrage over Obama's plan to cut benefits for families of slain police officials?
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration wants to cut almost in half a benefits program for the families of slain police and safety officers.As a matter of fact, as Huston tells:
The president's proposed budget calls for cutting the Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Program from $110 million to $60 million.
Justice Department budget documents say the reduction is being made because "claims are anticipated to decrease" because the number of officers killed in the line of duty has been decreasing.
The director of a police survivors group begs to differ, however. They have found that police officers killed on duty have gone up 21 percent over last year's numbers already.And that's why the plan to cut the budget is really stupid, and insulting to the families of the slain officers. But the leftist MSM clearly does not care. And next thing you know, we're going to hearing that another 10 million was taken out of this.
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