Posted on 08/14/2011 6:39:15 AM PDT by blam
'Doomsday' Defense Cuts Loom Large For Select 12
By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press
August 14, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the dozen lawmakers given the task of producing a deficit-cutting plan, the threatened "doomsday" defense cuts hit close to home.
The six Republicans and six Democrats represent states where the biggest military contractors — Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics Corp., Raytheon Co. and Boeing Co. — build missiles, aircraft, jet fighters and tanks while employing tens of thousands of workers.
The potential for $500 billion more in defense cuts could force the Pentagon to cancel or scale back multibillion-dollar weapons programs. That could translate into significant layoffs in a fragile economy, generate millions less in tax revenues for local governments and upend lucrative company contracts with foreign nations.
The cuts could hammer Everett, Wash., where some of the 30,000 Boeing employees are working on giant airborne refueling tankers for the Air Force, or Amarillo, Texas, where 1,100 Bell Helicopter Textron workers assemble the fuselage, wings, engines and transmissions for the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.
Billions in defense cuts would be a blow to the hundreds working on upgrades to the Abrams tank for General Dynamics in Lima, Ohio, or the employees of BAE Systems in Pennsylvania.
For committee members such as Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., the threat of Pentagon cuts is an incentive to come up with $1.5 trillion in savings over a decade. Failure would have brutal implications for hundreds of thousands workers back home and raise the potential of political peril for the committee's 12.
"I think we all have very good reasons to try to prevent" the automatic cuts,
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Whenever the Democrats get into trouble, and boy are they in trouble, they trot out the same three issues to try and throw the Republicans off balance: 1. Defense cuts 2. Gun control 3. Some new homosexual issue. You know they’re scared and losing when they trot out these three issues. The Republicans just need to keep hammering on jobs and the economy.
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Once Obamacare kicks in, then Providers will have no choice but to take the bargain basement rates the Government mandates. At that poin, you will see Physicians retire or leave the profession. You will see Black Market care spring up for those with $$ to pay extra, under the table to get well. That, or go to another country.
“$1.5 trillion in savings over a decade”
Written as if this is a real and substantial cut.
Rush predicted this a couple years ago.
He said the off-shore islands like the Bahamas, etc would become the place 'to go' for professional/serious medical care.
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But any one with an ounce of sense or who has served in the Military, knows that the gov’t rarely keeps it’s promises to the 1% of the population willing to lay their lives and limbs, and sight on the line, so the rest of the 99% can enjoy freedom. Well we are at an end and if you want that freedom you will have to FIGHT for it by kicking out RINOS, and Moderates.
All men or women seeking a political career should have 1 four year hitch in the Military starting as a E1, with no help from their millionaire or billionaire parents. Then they would truly under stand what these brave men and women sacrifice to keep this country free.
Any congress critter who fails to keep faith with the Military, will NOT keep faith with YOU!
A Bill can not become law without a vote of the WHOLE House and Senate.
LLS
Maybe but you are REALLY weird!
LLS
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