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Lady Freedom Returns

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Thu Dec 27, 2012, 09:17 PM Dec 2012

400 will be on the streets in Tucson AZ if budget is not reached. [View all]

Many may say that we should go over the cliff. I have a feeling that 400 people would be happy to argue with you. Because doing something later like they can do for the taxes, will be to late for many.

http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/20436512/tucson-prepared-for-fiscal-cliff-deadline

"We've said for the past six months around here, we're going forward with our planning and process for our budget next year," Tucson's Mayor Jonathan Rothschild says. "But if something dramatic comes out of Washington, we're going to plan B."


"If sequestration goes into effect as proposed, we're looking at 400 people out on the streets," he says. People "who are now demanding social services they didn't need before."
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