Social programs cut by 112th USA Congress

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The programs are small, the problems that cutting them are supposed to solve, huge. But counting on fooling enough Americans enough of the time is something the establishment (and its bastions it knows stands just within reach to the right) have grown accustomed to.

The lies

As deficit reduction

Ran it up in the first place with wars

• "America is Not Broke!": Michael Moore addresses thousands in Madison, Wisconsin March 07, 2011
• As Public Broadcasting and Community Media Face Potentially Massive Cuts at Home, Hillary Clinton Calls for Increased Funding for U.S. Propaganda Overseas
• Union Voices from Madison: "We Will Be Out Here Marching Until Justice is Served"
• Naomi Klein on Anti-Union Bills and Shock Doctrine American-Style: "This is a Frontal Assault on Democracy, It’s a Kind of a Corporate Coup D’Etat"

As financial stimulus

The middlemen are the weak link

• US Fed Chairman demands plan to cut social programs by Barry Grey "Maintaining the confidence of the financial markets" for the captains of industry

Protection against job killers

And the Republican cure for ad nauseum is...?

• Partisan 112th Congress will mix cooperation, conflict starting Jan. 5

Closer to the truth

As New World Order

• Wrecking the American Dream By Stephen Lendman

As Pox Americana

• Tax Starved USA to Introduce Online Gambling Laws Later This Year