Posted on 02/25/2013 5:36:30 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
Food safety inspections, early education classrooms and mental health treatment are all at risk if massive forced spending cuts are allowed to take effect at the end of this week, the White House said Sunday.
Those cuts would accompany deep reductions in defense spending — including stalling maintenance on Navy ships — that are also poised to trigger March 1.
In detailed reports for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, President Barack Obama’s budget office spelled out how the cuts — which are the result of a stalemate between Congressional Republicans and the White House over reducing the federal deficit — will affect localities, putting the stakes of the budget debate in stark terms as Congress returns to Washington after a week-long break.
But some Republicans question whether the Obama administration is simply crafting a doomsday scenario for the indiscriminate cuts to force Congressional Republicans into accepting a deal that includes more tax increases for wealthy Americans, which GOP leaders say is unacceptable. They would rather cut spending on entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security, which they say are the real drivers of the country’s debt.
Nationwide, the White House said, 70,000 children would no longer have access to Head Start early education programs, and 10,000 teacher jobs would be at risk, consequences that Education Secretary Arne Duncan detailed Sunday...
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Fantasy.
just call their bluff.
Fear mongering at its worst! Food inspectors, head start programs, defense contractors, oh the humanity!!!!
Don’t stop at 2% or 13%!!! Give us 100%. Lets just close all of government, let us keep our own money and WE will figure it out on our own.
:)
I guess everything but, the "Sequestration" armageddon, which was his stupid idea in the first place!
He's not even trying to make it believable any more.
que Captain Picard: “There are NO cuts!”
I am affected by this. At first I was hoping it went away because losing 20 percent is not fun. HOWEVER, now that I see all the crying by the Democrats, I want it to go through. My family and I will survive the hit and quite frankly it will be worth it to watch the chilins going without free child care...lol. It is quite a tragedy for those Mother’s who will now have to watch her child during episodes of the View. How awful for them...maybe even have to share a bon bon or two. Life is gonna get hard.
que Captain Picard: “There are NO cuts!”
Not to government spending, but plenty of cuts to individuals who actually work.
It's time that all the free loader “assistance” both Odumbo and Mooooochelle have are eliminated. they don't need all those people sucking from the U.S. Gubmint teat.
It's time that all the free loader “assistance” both Odumbo and Mooooochelle have are eliminated. they don't need all those people sucking from the U.S. Gubmint teat.
A 5% increase instead of a 7% increase.... da horror....
As we observed the last time the government “shut down,” full payment was made to every government employee. They never lost a dime.
Head Start teachers are not teachers. They are glorified day care workers. They only have an AA in childhood development.
Your not even close to the truth. What are you talking about? 5 percent instead of 7 percent. Are you kidding? People are losing 20 percent of their pay for the year! Government agencies might only be losing 2 percent.
The federal budget does not go down under sequestration, that is what I am saying.
Ok. Thanks! Have a good one.
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