CUTBACKS AT A GLANCE

The five most expensive programs that President Bush wants to
eliminate from the budget, and his justification:

Vocational education state grants, $1.2 billion. The program "has
produced little or no evidence of improved outcomes."

Community Services Block Grants, $630 million. Federal programs
provide the same anti-poverty services more effectively than local
community action agencies.

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, $400 million. Funds used to
pay back states for the cost of incarcerating illegal aliens could be
better spent on federal counterterrorism and immigration
enforcement.

Safe and Drug-free Schools state grants, $347 million. The grants,
intended to reduce youth crime and drug abuse, are too small and
spread too broadly to have much impact.

Byrne justice assistance grants, $327 million. Helping state and local
police control violent and drug-related crime isn't as important now
that crime rates are low. Combating terrorism is a much greater need.