"How do we reconcile more money for bombs while cutting money for bread? The real deficit that we are dealing with here is a moral deficit, and it’s time that we face the truth."

-Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich after the House passed its plan to spare the military’s growing budget from mandatory cuts, instead slashing Medicaid, benefits for federal workers, and programs to help feed hungry Americans.
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