Krugman and Obama on Infant Nutrition
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Paul Krugman writes in his New York Times column:

House Republicans, in particular, are literally stealing food from the mouths of babes — nutritional aid to pregnant women and very young children is one of the items on their cutting block — so they can pose, falsely, as deficit hawks.

He's echoing President Obama, who highlighted the issue in a press conference this week, accusing Republicans of "cutting infant formula to poor kids."

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Obama Vs. the AP on a Government Shutdown
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At his press conference the other day, President Obama painted a dire picture of what happens in a government shutdown brought about by a failure of Congress and the president to agree on funding the government's operations:

I think people should be careful about being too loose in terms of talking about a government shutdown, because this has -- this is not an abstraction. People don't get their Social Security checks. They don't get their veterans payments. Basic functions shut down.

The Associated Press now has a news article that says the opposite, without pointing out that it contradicts the president's claim:

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Krugman and Obama on Infant Nutrition
futureofcapitalism.com

Paul Krugman writes in his New York Times column:

House Republicans, in particular, are literally stealing food from the mouths of babes — nutritional aid to pregnant women and very young children is one of the items on their cutting block — so they can pose, falsely, as deficit hawks.

He's echoing President Obama, who highlighted the issue in a press conference this week, accusing Republicans of "cutting infant formula to poor kids."

Read More...

Obama Vs. the AP on a Government Shutdown
futureofcapitalism.com

At his press conference the other day, President Obama painted a dire picture of what happens in a government shutdown brought about by a failure of Congress and the president to agree on funding the government's operations:

I think people should be careful about being too loose in terms of talking about a government shutdown, because this has -- this is not an abstraction. People don't get their Social Security checks. They don't get their veterans payments. Basic functions shut down.

The Associated Press now has a news article that says the opposite, without pointing out that it contradicts the president's claim:

Read More...