GOP making wrong cuts

Sat., May 19, 2012

The news reports across the country tell of the current GOP proposals to make further cuts to programs providing food assistance to families and programs for children and senior citizens to offset cuts to the military budget.

Meanwhile, a report from the Los Alamos Monitor newspaper last month (“Leaked DOD memo rips DOE on size of labs” – April 21) recounts the sheer stonewalling and obfuscation by directors of nuclear labs across the country to fend off downsizing, which even the Pentagon has demanded.

Balancing the budget is surely important. Who suffers and who profits is another question worth considering.

Tom Webb

Spokane

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