Wednesday, December 14, 2005

This Just In

Because funding for the federal food stamps program may be slashed, 76,000 Texans, mostly low-wage workers with children, may soon be bumped from the program.

The proposal to cut funding is part of the U.S. House’s budget cut plan, which would curb "rapidly growing benefit programs such as Medicaid and student loan subsidies."

We've spent more than $200 billion on the war.

See the cost to your community at http://nationalpriorities.org.