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They've worked their lives, 20 years and then lost their jobs. and to now put them down and out would make no sense at all. >> do you support a work-around on these defense cuts? nearly $600 billion. the president says no easy off-ramps. republicans are saying we can't gut the pentagon, even though that's what the failure of the super committee always said would happen. >> quell, let me say this. that would be a huge mistake, and it would basically make deficit reduction impossible. the whole purpose of what was put in place in july, with the debt ceiling vote, was to have very sharp knives ha...

And $15 if your checking balance slips below $1,500. >> banks are trying new manners of fees, really turned into the airline industry trying to nickel and dime you. >> reporter: the work-around, keep all your accounts at a single bank, checking and savings count towards your minimum. number four, ever higher atm fees. you will pay $3.81 on average for using an out-of-network cash machine. so consider an online bank because many of them reimburse you for atm fees. final gotcha, soaring bounced check fees now average $31. the work-around, credit unions often charge lower fees because they are no...

Your debit card for revenue. >> it's pretty irritating. >> reporter: bank of america is about to start charging a $5-a-month debit card fee. use your card once to buy a $1 bottle of water and you will owe it. a b of a spokesperson says economics of offering a debit card have changed with regulations. wells fargo and chase have experimented with similar fees. >> quite literally spending money will cost you more money. >> reporter: the work-around, use a credit card instead of a debit card as long as you pay it off each month. but the new fees aren't just on debit card. gotcha number two, no mor...

Which the house banned this year. so what's this all about? watchdog groups worry it's a backdoor way around the ban. the house armed services chaim cuts hundreds of millions of dollars from a variety of defense programs and put the money in a newly created pot dubbed "the mission force enharsment transfer fund." lawmakers are using it to pay for projects and policy proposals. to some it is a pet project slush fund. >> this never has never been in this bill before. it's certainly suspicious that it has occurred for the first time after earmarks have been placed under a moratorium, and it looks...

♪ ♪ ♪ it's memorial day, may 30th, 2011. president obama is at arlington national sepl tore. live pictures paying tribute to those men and women who gave their lives to defend our country. shortly the president will speak at arlington's amphitheater. his address live, as well as remarks from mike mullen and defense secretary robert gates. arlington national cemetery, 624 acres of hallowed ground, the final resting place for fallen troops from all of america's wars, including the most recent. the war dead from iraq and afghanistan are laid to rest in an area that's known as sec...