Just Playing With People's Lives

On the heels of a $286 Billion transportation bill that was larded with record amounts of pork, Congress returns to work from its summer break prepared to cut student loans, trim food stamp outlays, slice into farm subsidies in the midst of a regional drought, and cut billions from Medicaid. So, to pay for their home-district vanity projects, they'll be cutting into programs that actually make life livable for some people and give them hope for the future.