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Though the U.S. ruling class is divided on some issues—how quickly to attack Iran, how much to cut Social Security and Medicare, whether homosexuals should be tolerated or treated as the spawn of Satan—they are united on one thing: the need to “reform” the public school system. ... It would..

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Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP) . ..

kerry steps up criticisms of war

Kerry criticized the president repeatedly for what he described as hurting one program after another, including Medicare and Social Security. . ... He also criticized Bush for the greatest deficit in history, thus threatening Social Security, and for the record-high Medicare premiums. . ..

president obama signs payroll tax extension

On Wednesday, February 22, 2012, the President signed into law: H.R. 3630, the “Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012,” which extends through December 31, 2012: (1) a reduction in employment tax rates for employees and the self-employed: (2) an initial eligibility for emergency unemployment..

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