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Sequestration and the Poor

Clip: 05/16/2013 | 7m 47s

City governments and programs that help the poor will bear the brunt of the federal budget cuts imposed by sequestration. "Every time we talk about a cut you’re talking about many people who don’t have an expensive lobby in Washington, DC. It’s an economic justice issue, a social justice issue," says Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rollins Blake.