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Michigan’s new budget increases pain and misery
June 6, 2011Republicans claim the budget, which awaits the governor's signature, is groundbreaking. Backbreaking would be more apt.
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GOP’s privatization of Social Security would hurt veterans
June 6, 2011Almost 800,000 veterans receive Social Security disability benefits, with an additional 2 million or more spouses and children eligible as well.
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Texas jobs vigil slams “free trade” pacts
June 6, 2011Labor activists are blasting the GOP "free trade" proposals to cut public workers' jobs and to lessen unemployment benefits.
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Socialists punished in Portuguese parliamentary elections
June 6, 2011The ruling Socialist Party was severely punished in Portugal's parliamentary elections on June 5.
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GOP panel cuts 43 education programs
June 6, 2011The GOP-run House Education and the Workforce Committee voted 23-16 on party lines May 25 to eliminate 43 elementary and secondary education programs.
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