And on the chopping block they will be if President Obama has his way.
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Massive layoffs are coming to Hewlett-Packard with as many as 30, 000 people facing the chopping block.
One tax boon that is unlikely to ever face the chopping block: more perks for retirement planning .
Actors Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds are the latest celebrity couple on the chopping block.
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Indeed, Social Security demands equal, if not top billing among priority spending that must be off the chopping block.
The first item up on the chopping block is called post-normal science (PNS).
Days when I wanted to rip her head off, and days when she wanted mine on the chopping block.
One state prison has closed, and two more are on the chopping block.
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Technology has certainly put postal service mail sorters on the chopping block.
Seven fire companies and several city swimming pools are on the chopping block.
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Meanwhile, an antiquated navigation system President George W. Bush saved from death last year is back on the chopping block.
Plastic foam cups that keep drinks hot would also be on the chopping block if Bloomberg's citywide ban becomes law.
For their part, Livni and Olmert defraud the public by claiming that Jerusalem is not on their diplomatic chopping block.
Other "non-strategic" products are also on the chopping block, and we'd have to think that includes video conferencing after yesterday's announcement.
Sources have also indicated that Johnson will announce further cuts this week, with advertising and company divisions first on the chopping block.
Richard shouts in Act III, sending Lord Hastings to the chopping block.
Among the products Google just announced it plans to sunset (read: kill off), beloved feed-reading service Google Reader is now on the chopping block.
Mr. MICHAEL WIDMER (President, Massachusetts Taxpayer's Foundation): The state is facing a really desperate fiscal situation and all programs are on the chopping block.
There also are questions over whether the combined carrier could support eight hubs and, if not, which U.S. city might be on the chopping block.
Fears that the Egg Roll might be next on the chopping block increased when a memo circulated, claiming that the White House tradition might be canceled.
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The President offered no additional details, leaving those who follow this sort of thing to wonder exactly what type of loopholes might be on the chopping block.
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While Romney promises to cut wasteful spending ( remember Big Bird is on the chopping block), he also intends to increase other kinds of spending, like defense.
The commissioner disclosed Thursday that he expected the same fire companies that the department targeted for closure last year to be on the chopping block later this year.
In an age where the arts, athletics, and other so-called extracurricular activities are increasingly on the chopping block in public schools, digital learning ought to change the equation.
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Fundamental public services like Medicaid are on the chopping block.
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To make a painful story short, if you want to know definitively whose neck is on Tony Blair's or William Hague's chopping block, you may as well stop reading here.
Though Pree is a young band, many of its members and guest contributors to the group's debut EP, A Chopping Block, have been involved with various music projects, notably Pree's leader, May Tabol.
The bottom line is simple: No other nation on earth capable of fielding the Airborne Laser, the F-22 and the other advanced weapons now on the Obama administration's chopping block would willingly abandon them.
Also on the chopping block is PowerMeter, a free energy monitoring tool that pairs with smart power meters and other energy monitoring devices to help users better understand consumption habits and ultimately reduce costs.
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"As soon as there's conflict there, it'll come to a head eventually and if it comes to a head then it'll be the manager's head that'll be on the chopping block, " Duffy told BBC Scotland.
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