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Last of the big time spenders

April 19, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

A nation’s budget generally sums up its priorities – and President Bush’s budget, with a $48 billion increase in military spending, makes clear his priorities. His budget for fiscal year 2003 includes $767 billion for discretionary...

Texas labor claims victories in primaries

April 19, 2002

DALLAS – If President Bush begins to sound a little worried about his home state in November, it may be because of the Texas primary elections that concluded with a runoff on April 9. The Democratic...

Tax day pickets hit $ 400 billion war budget

April 19, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

BALTIMORE – With chants of “money for jobs not for war,” tax day pickets greeted people arriving at the main downtown post office to mail off their tax returns April 15.

Care for immigrants severely limited

April 19, 2002 By Phil E. Benjamin

During the weeks before and after March 31, hundreds of thousands of workers and supporters across the country celebrated the birthday of United Farm Worker Union co-founder and hero, Cesar Chavez. Amid the celebrations, time was...

Money for people, not war & the wealthy

April 19, 2002

A recent report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) has warned that, the “proposed federal budget places extra burdens on state and local budgets already cash-strapped by a recession economy.” The report predicted these burdens would...