Congress is about to pass an additional $32 billion to pay for the war In Afghanistan,.....

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btw, it is unpaid for-something Obama said he would not do-but here it is....




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Robert L. Borosage
Robert L. Borosage: What Is an Emergency?

Congress is about to pass an additional $32 billion to pay for the war In Afghanistan, while at the same time, it struggles with a $23 billion bill to forestall the layoff of nearly 300,000 teachers next year. What kind of country are we? In the worst economic recession in 70 years, competitive industrial nations must choose their priorities -- what gets saved, what must be sacrificed. No sensible leadership would choose to make children -- particularly the children of working and poor families -- pay the cost of the downturn.