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The government spends, on average, nearly $7 million every minute. That means the cost-cutting measure yesterday only saved taxpayers enough to cover about five minutes worth of spending - less time than it takes to hold the average congressional vote.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20027782-503544.html



The Tea Party rules Washington as Barack Obama braces for savage cuts

New breed of right-wingers takes over the Capitol with a slash-and-burn agenda that threatens the White House.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/09/republicans-lay-siege-white-house



Bankrupt banks: Florida, Arizona Banks First Ones to Fail in 2011

Regulators shuttered the first two banks to fail this year. The two are the first banks to collapse in 2011, following 157 closures in 2010.

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/48940/



Food stamp applications skyrocket in South Florida

Nearly 1 million South Floridians need food stamps to get by - an increase of almost 200,000 in the last year alone. That jump is more than the entire population of Fort Lauderdale.

http://bit.ly/ebXDaN


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tea+Party
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=rightwing
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=government+spending
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bank+failure
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=food+stamp
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=taxpayer

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