New Taxes Hurting Small Business

For years CT has been dealing with a budget crisis. Spending is greater than revenue, and revenue is down as a result of the recession. In terms of poverty this is dangerous because government spending cuts need to be made and are being made, and that means many of the government sponsored-programs that are struggling […]

Taxes Fund War Instead of Social Services

Catholic Online reports on criticism of the contrast between President Bushes cuts to social spending and his increases in military spending: The proposed $2.9 billion U.S. government budget proposed by the Bush Administration is a moral document that misses the mark in reducing poverty, with draconic cuts that will hurt America’s poor families, said the […]