Mississippi lawmakers differ on federal budget issues
WASHINGTON — Will balancing the federal budget be a difficult, harrowing procedure like chemotherapy? Or can Congress fix its trillion-dollar deficits with a few well-placed bandages, inflicting little pain on American citizens?
Mississippi lawmakers can’t seem to agree.
Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Oxford, said he saw no need to raise taxes or to reduce benefits in entitlement programs — such as Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid — to balance the budget.
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5/23/11
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