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GOP plan boosts Pentagon, cuts social programs

Paul Ryan

The Republicans who control the House are using cuts to food aid, health care and social services like Meals on Wheels to protect the Pentagon from a wave of budget cuts come January....

Senh: Great, in a time of need, let's throw more money into wars that we don't care about and take out services for the needy.

 

Usually a job engine, localities slow US economy

Usually a job engine, localities slow US economy

In a healthy recovery, states and localities produce jobs, expand social services and help fuel the nation's economic growth. Then there's the 2011 recovery. The U.S. economy is moving ahead, however fitfully. Yet state and local governments are still stuck in recession. Short of cash, they cut 30,000 jobs in May, the seventh straight month they've shed workers. Rather than add to U.S. economic growth, they're subtracting from it.

 

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