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Sequester means forced austerity
Sequester takes aim at budget reductions in programs that help low-income Americans, including one that gives vouchers for housing to the poor and disabled and another that provides fortified baby formula to the children of poor women. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/us/politics/poor-face-most-pain-as-automatic-budget-cuts-take-effect.html?hp&_r=0 Housing programs would be hit particularly hard, with about 125,000 individuals and families put at risk of […]