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A Pennsylvania lawmaker has proposed eliminating grants for students who study "poetry or some other pre-Walmart major." Republican Rep. Brad Roae is pushing spending cuts that one critic called a "medieval crusade against the arts, culture, and learning." But Roae says education and arts grants are wasteful. "People elected us to cut spending, not raise taxes."
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