Because nothing says compassionate conservatism like not helping hungry people. While many people have noted the incongruency of Palin's slashing funds for assistance to unwed mothers, her halving of a budget item to help the Fairbanks food bank has gone unnoticed.
The specific item:
Fairbanks Community Food Bank-Computer Upgrade, Utility Assistance, and Refrigeration Improvement
Here's the image:

This was cut from $50,000 to $25,000.
It's a goddamn food bank. Asking for help in keeping food refrigerated and for paying the utility bills isn't 'pork.' Good thing the economy's tanking--it's not like they won't need to feed people.
Beyond the pale.

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And remember, this was not at the expense of a deficit or raising taxes, this was at the expense of giving the folks in Alaska a little bit smaller slice of a share of the oil revenues!
Posted by: KeithB | September 3, 2008 4:29 PM
Just curious - the first line is Covenant House Alaska. Where I live Covenant House is a community shelter for abused and battered women. Same or coincidence? If its the same, she cut funding for them too.
Posted by: Pineyman | September 4, 2008 12:22 PM
Covenant House International provides shelter and support for at-risk, homeless, and "throwaway" youth, throughout the US, Canada, and Central America. There's a Covenant House in Anchorage that is part of this group-perhaps it was their budget that Palin cut.
Posted by: Barn Owl | September 4, 2008 8:04 PM