President Obama and the First Lady put a national spotlight on this important issue by hosting the first-ever White House Conference on Bullying Prevention last year.

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But the first, important step to dealing with this issue is getting your regular spending and income in balance so that you are no longer adding to the problem.

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In previous NPR polls, voters chose the economy and jobs as the most important issue, but for the first time Iraq has moved into second place.

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