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We need to make sure all Americans are prepared for the
opportunities of the 21st Century, but the majority budget proposal takes us in
the wrong direction.
It hurts dislocated workers by cutting assistance by $171
million below FY 1999. Overall, training, job search assistance, and support
services would be denied to about 90,200 dislocated workers. Because the cuts
increase each year, in FY 2004, the majority plan would deny services to over
205,000 dislocated workers.
The majority plan also harms young people by eliminating
about 73,100 training and summer job opportunities for low-income youth. In FY
2004, about 166,000 low-income youth would be denied training and summer job
opportunities.
The proposed cuts also could terminate Jobs Corps' planned
4-center expansion and force Job Corps to close five or six other centers in
2000. This could eliminate about 5,000 residential training slots for youths
from extremely disadvantaged communities in 2000. In 2004, this could result in
over 11,000 students being denied the opportunity to participate in Job Corps.
Our economy is strong. Our commitment to the workers of
today and tomorrow should be, too.
We need to work together to build on our success. This
proposal falls far short and America's working families deserve far better.
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