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The New York Times: Putting Poor Children Second
The editors of The New York Times write: "President Bush’s justification for vetoing a bill to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or S-chip, is that he wants to 'put poor children first'... ...
Despite Supplemental Postponement, More Funds Poured Into War Coffers
Truthout's Maya Schenwar reports: "In the months leading up to the anticipated winter vote on the 2008 war supplemental spending bill, activists and progressive Congress members are pushing hard to cut... ...
Bush Faces GOP Foes on Budget Cuts
Richard Simon, reporting for The Los Angeles Times, writes: "The president is pushing to cut and even eliminate some popular domestic programs that pump billions of dollars into the states. Many congressional... ...
Misunderestimating the price of Iraq
AntiWar.Com by Charles Pena 10/03/07 Once upon a time, White House economic adviser Larry Lindsey estimated that the cost of going to war in Iraq might be as much as $200 billion. For daring to voice... ...
Bush is threatening Congress with a veto if it appropriates more money than he has requested
Uninsured Kids Are Protecting Bush's Ego Dean Baker writes for Truthout: "Another way to assess the importance of spending on the war is to compare it with other budget items that have been in the news.... ...
The discussion that isn’t happening
Slate by Fred Kaplan 09/21/07 The Senate is debating the defense bill now, and the central fact about the proceedings is that nobody’s talking about money. Certainly this is strange. The military budget... ...
Democrats proceed with Iraq legislation
Roseburg News-Review 09/21/07 Sen ate Democrats defiantly charged ahead Thursday with legislation ordering troops home from Iraq, still lacking the votes to win but armed with the mantra that Republicans,... ...
What the warfare state really costs
LewRockwell.Com by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. 09/12/07 Estimates of the cost of the Iraq war continue to escalate to levels well beyond what its optimistic architects once promised. Most notable, perhaps,... ...
Wie mit dem Pflegenotstand in Deutschland Privatisierungspolitik betrieben wird
„Am Anfang steht immer die Einsetzung einer Kommission: Anlässlich der Pflegeskandale gedenkt die sozialdemokratische Gesundheitsministerin Ulla Schmidt eine Kommission aus Experten von Pflegekassen und... ...
Invest in US Instead of Sacrificing in Iraq
Jesse Jackson writes for The Chicago Sun Times: "This nation faces a clear choice this September. President Bush will insist that Congress continue the war in Iraq and demand another $50 billion for the... ...