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After the school massacre in Newtown, everyone has been putting out proposals for how to reduce gun violence. President Obama created an inter-agency task force. The NRA asked for armed guards in every school. And now economists are weighing in with their own, number-heavy approaches. First, here’s a recent paper (pdf) by Duke’s Philip Cook…
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Candy this year because i couldn't afford it. >> and daisy's two kids don't know their single mom is thinking of selling her old car and finding another way to get to her part-time job as a store clerk. >> i barely have enough to feed my kids and pay the bills. it's hard. >> and further cuts to the food stamp program are now being considered in congress. a frightening prospect for connie rhoades. >> i just hope and pray that i'm going to make it through. that's all i can do. >> the eight of net for tens of millions of americans a little less secure. mike taibbi, nbc news, california. >> joinin...
Recession. we should provide people more aid for food. and those extended benefits were basically supposed to -- they were designed to wind down slowly and eventually they would sort of fadeaway by 2015 or so. but over the years, democrats have actually taken some of that money to pay for a couple other programs. they use it to prevent teacher layoffs in the states. they used it for a bill that basically implemented michelle obama's healthy foods act. so in some ways they have been partly responsible for the situation. they've always told themselves look, we're going to try to restore these fo...