the state of our Uniion

*** The Bush Budget Disaster, by Rick Cohen
The White House FY 2006 budget proposes some dramatic changes
that if enacted will hurt many nonprofits and their work this
year, and for years to come. According to Cohen, "what we have
all worried about has come to pass…the Bush Administration is
actively substituting charity and philanthropy for government
programs and government funding."
http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/section/670.html

*** Responding to the "Shrink, Shift, and Shaft" Tax Cut Agenda"
by Chuck Collins
A highly partisan and successful agenda to cut government by
cutting taxes has left taxpayers with meager gains and
communities with an increasingly unmanageable burden. Some
affected are organizing to roll back the disproportionate burden
that falls on the disadvantaged and those in need.
http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/section/669.html