The GOP's plan to cut some programs are going to cause a great deal of harm. Even though lack of experience by some of the newly elected House members may just make this ignorance, those in GOP power are doing it to pay off large corporate donors, those who want less regulation into their massive grab of money. Richard Trumka: This Isn't Deficit Control. It's Assault. No job safety inspections while inspectors are furloughed for up to three months. No food safety inspections while inspectors are off the job for more than a month. Ten thousand teachers and aides cut from struggling schools and 7,000 special education teachers and staff gone. State and local job training and employment services phased out for up to 8 million workers. Medicare and Social Security operations crippled. Fewer local police officers. Wall Street reform stymied. Policing of the financial practices that sank our economy gutted. More than 340,000 transportation jobs killed.