11.   But while offering more incentives to work, states are cutting cash benefits.

12.   But when states cut the cost in their Medicaid programs, the federal contributions decline in line with state spending.

13.   Currently, when a welfare recipient refuses to work, some states might cut his or her cash benefits.

14.   Do you think the state should cut taxes to spur the economy?

15.   He had barely started as president when the state cut its annual contribution sharply.

16.   Hospitals and nursing homes say repealing the provision would allow states to arbitrarily cut reimbursements.

17.   In addition, the state has cut both the capital gains tax and the estate tax.

18.   In New York, the number of nonviolent inmates is decreasing so the state is actually cutting jobs in some medium-security prisons upstate.

19.   In recent years, the state has cut workers compensation benefits and offered tax breaks to the banking, manufacturing and mutual funds industries.

20.   In New Jersey, food banks warned that extreme hardship could result if the state cut future benefits to make up for the early spending.