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What is more important than social programs for poor people? [View all]
Wasteful military spending...that's what according to the repukes. 
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http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/04/wasteful_military.html
Yesterday, House Republicans moved legislation forward aimed at preventing any reductions in military spending, even if that means cutting much needed programs for the nation’s poorest. The House Armed Services Committee’s bill provides $554 billion for the Pentagon — $29 billion more than DOD had requested — while the GOP-led Budget Committee packaged six bills that would “slice $261 billion from food stamps, Medicaid, social services and other programs for struggling Americans.”
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/05/08/480017/mccarthy-trimming-fat-poor/
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