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With Sequester, Social Services Brace for Cuts

Commuters pass by a homeless person in Grand Central Terminal in New York, January 25, 2013. Sequestration could force deep cuts to social programs, including homeless services.
Commuters pass by a homeless person in Grand Central Terminal in New York, January 25, 2013. Sequestration could force deep cuts to social programs, including homeless services.
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by: Ian from: USA
March 07, 2013 12:58 PM
How about stop the pay checks and health insurance benefits to congress first ?
If they think americans can handle hardship , they should taste the "let them eat cake" that they handing out to the average american first


by: Alex K from: Pennsylvania
March 06, 2013 9:56 AM
It's okay. The poor apparently don't mind giving up the programs they need most: http://newsmakeup.com/americas-poor-thrilled-to-bear-brunt-of-sequestration-pain/

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