The depth of the recession promises to wreck many calculations about welfare budgeting and social services. But how does a state that's devastated rebuild its social infrastructure. We talk with people who have already faced the impact of a bad economy in the Rust Belt and talk with Las Vegans who think a fundamental re-thinking will be required.

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