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Terminating or drastically reducing support for the over 150ineffective and wasteful programs cited in President Bush's 2006budget request would pave the way for reforming larger programssuch as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The AdvancedTechnology Program, which costs taxpayers $150 million annually,should be the first program from the President's list that Congressterminates.

With government spending surpassing $21,000 per household for thefirst time since World War II and the budget deficit approaching $400 billion, the $90 billion corporate welfare budget provides anobvious starting point for identifying and reducing wastefulspending. An encouraging first step would be to defund the AdvancedTechnology Program in the upcoming Commerce-Justice-Stateappropriations bill.