Budget
“Golden State” finally has a budget, but it’s ugly
June 30, 2011Health, education and other human needs programs have endured repeated severe cuts over the years. The California budget that finally passed included still deeper cuts.
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Greater unity needed to defend Social Security
June 23, 2011The American Association of Retired Persons created an uproar June 17 when they signaled their openness to accepting Social Security benefit cuts.
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Budget cuts are really people cuts
June 22, 2011When governments balance budgets by cutting services, they are saving money, but also causing the deaths of thousands they judge socially useless.
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Philadelphia principals join teachers to slam mass layoffs
June 15, 2011Hundreds of school employees and supporters packed the meeting of the School Reform Commission to protest the district's announced 1,500 layoffs.
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The battle for economic recovery
June 15, 2011Two recent government reports cut through all the rhetoric and posturing, expose the heart of the ongoing economic crisis.
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