The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Gemini Cricket]

The Boston area this year will receive nearly one-third less federal grant money to help buy equipment and train emergency workers for possible terrorist attacks, the Department of Homeland Security announced yesterday.

The federal government will give Boston and its surrounding communities about $18.2 million in urban area antiterrorism grants, down from about $26 million last year. As a whole, Massachusetts will receive about $41 million from several homeland security grant programs, down from $58.8 million last year, the department said.

The cuts were echoed in other major cities as well. The two cities that were attacked by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001 -- New York and Washington, D.C. -- lost about 40 percent of their funding. At the same time, several smaller cities, including Louisville, Ky., and Omaha, saw their funds rise.

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I don't understand this. We're cutting funds for antiterrorism grants?