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The manufactured crisis in the nation’s capitol is just amazing. Thanks to the profligate spending by Congress and the president and despite having no budget for four years, there is seeming hysteria about cutting about 2.5 percent of the budget. The laundry list of substantial cuts in services for each state that the White House […]

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