The Conservative War on the Poor

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An interesting opinion piece by Paul Krugman of “The New York Times:”

John Kasich, the Republican governor of Ohio, …let loose on his political allies, declaring, “I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor. That, if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.”

To House Republicans: Hands off Social Security and Medicare! (petitions)

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From CredoAction.com:

The extremist Republican hostage-takers in the House who have irresponsibly and recklessly caused the government shutdown have now set their sights on attacking Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.