CNN Decides to List Seven "Meanest Budget Cuts"

CNNMoney.com ran a provocative piece Friday listing what it determined to be the top “meanest budget cuts.” The website laid out seven government programs that are victims of the recent budget compromise – programs that provide assistance to the poor and support humanitarian causes overseas. Most of the individual cuts make up a small fraction of each program's annual budget, and a Democratic source is quoted multiple times downplaying the significance of the cuts. Don't tell CNN, however, as these cuts are apparently “mean.”

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