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The UK has announced its public spending cuts for the year 2010, and they take aim at a bloated budget and rising deficit.<\/p>\n
The cuts target a broad range of government activities, including child services and ministerial benefits.<\/p>\n
We’ve taken those cuts and applied them to the U.S. government budget in a nightmare scenario of what U.S. austerity cuts would look like.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nUK Cut<\/strong>: A 1.2% cut to UK Department of Education spending.<\/p>\n This includes a 10,000 person cut in spots in UK universities for incoming students.<\/p>\n Source: The Guardian<\/a> and their spending cuts spreadsheet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n UK Cut<\/strong>: A 5.1% cut to the UK Department for Transport’s spending.<\/p>\n Source: The Guardian<\/a> and their spending cuts spreadsheet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n UK Cut<\/strong>: Reduction in Home Office spending of 3.5%.<\/p>\n Source: The Guardian<\/a> and their spending cuts spreadsheet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n UK Cut<\/strong>: Cuts to the Ministry of Justice’s spending of 3.4%.<\/p>\n Source: The Guardian<\/a> and their spending cuts spreadsheet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n UK Cut<\/strong>: Cuts to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of 2.5%.<\/p>\n Source: The Guardian<\/a> and their spending cuts spreadsheet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n UK Cut<\/strong>: Cuts to the Department of Energy and Climate Change of 2.7%.<\/p>\n Source: The Guardian<\/a> and their spending cuts spreadsheet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n UK Cut<\/strong>: Cuts to the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs of 5.6%.<\/p>\n Source: The Guardian<\/a> and their spending cuts spreadsheet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n UK Cut<\/strong>: Cuts to the Department of Work and Pensions of 5.7%.<\/p>\n Source: The Guardian<\/a> and their spending cuts spreadsheet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image: AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n UK Cut<\/strong>: Cuts to the Chancellor’s departments of 3.9%.<\/p>\n Source: The Guardian<\/a> and their spending cuts spreadsheet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image: The White HOuse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n UK Cut<\/strong>: Cuts to the Cabinet Office of 3.3%.<\/p>\n Source: The Guardian<\/a> and their spending cuts spreadsheet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image: AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n UK Cut<\/strong>: A 2.6% cut in overall government spending.<\/p>\n Source: The Guardian<\/a> and their spending cuts spreadsheet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\nCuts to U.S. Department of Transportation spending of $4 billion.<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nCuts to the Department of the Interior’s spending of $42 million.<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nA $473 million cut to the Department of Justice’s funding.<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nA $1.42 billion cut to State Department spending.<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nCuts worth $767 million to the Department of Energy.<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nCuts to the EPA worth $560 million.<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nCuts to the U.S. Department of Labor worth $798 million.<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nA $543 million cut to the Department of the Treasury.<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nCuts to executive branch spending worth 3.3% of the Obama administration’s budget.<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nA $99 billion cut to the overall U.S. government budget.<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nThink the UK budget cuts are a nightmare, check out what the U.S. would look like under the Spanish austerity plan.<\/h2>\n
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