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The Late Edition: January 8, 2012


Manzanita McMahon
January 8, 2013

Today’s Taxpayer News!

As the debt ceiling approaches, cutting unnecessary government spending needs to be front and center in Washington. This opinion piece from the Washington Post examines the history of farm subsidies and their burden on taxpayers.  

Because the debt deal to avert the Fiscal Cliff failed to specify the spending cuts that will need to take place in coming months, states are left unsure about how to manage their budgets.


 

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