Social Benefits on the Chopping Block
BET News hits the streets to ask people about Obama's proposed budget cuts.
By Samson Styles
July 8, 2011 / 5:21 PM
New Yorkers sound off about President Obama's proposal to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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