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Topic: White House warns sequester
would disrupt life of nation |
White House warns sequester
would disrupt life of nation
The Hill [Washington DC], by Justin Sink
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Original Article
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Posted By:JoniTx, 2/8/2013 9:04:42 PM
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| The White House warned Friday that allowing the $85 billion sequester to happen would devastate the economy and disrupt the everyday lives of millions of people.In a move intended to intensify pressure on Congress to prevent looming spending cuts set for March 1, White House officials told reporters the cuts would hamper law enforcement, hurt federal education programs, withhold mental health services and furlough thousands of workers.The officials also said there would be nothing they could do to soften the pain if the sequester happens.
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Comments:
You must go deep down in the article to read a bit about what the ´Republican´ folks are saying.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Cat Ballou, 2/8/2013 9:06:35 PM (No. 9166562)
Our nations life is already disrupted & not in a good way.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Mr. Hanky, 2/8/2013 9:08:45 PM (No. 9166564)
No it wouldn´t. Screw Washington DC.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 2/8/2013 9:16:34 PM (No. 9166573)
Obama and his Senate have not produced a budget in 5 years now. There is no option but to let the sequester go into effect. We cannot allow Obama and Bernanke to bankrupt this nation.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Keekng, 2/8/2013 9:27:14 PM (No. 9166582)
Deal with it, obama, it was your plan!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Not your typical New Yorker, 2/8/2013 9:28:05 PM (No. 9166583)
You own this Barry, lock, stock and barrel.
OWN IT PUNK!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Rama41, 2/8/2013 9:38:48 PM (No. 9166591)
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
steph_gray, 2/8/2013 9:39:07 PM (No. 9166592)
Can´t be worse than anything the Boy King has done. Bring it on.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
grounded, 2/8/2013 9:40:07 PM (No. 9166593)
85 Billion dollars in a 3.6 TRILLION dollar budget is damned near a rounding error. One percent of 3.6 trillion dollars is like 36 billion dollars. If they had done their jobs and passed budgets for FY2010, FY2011, FY2012 and FY2013 the budget for this yaer would be around 3 Trillion dollars. Instead the trillion dollars of stimulus spending that the dems added onto George Bush´s 2009 budget has been rolled over each year in the continuing resolutions. How the heck do you think they´re paying for all the safety net expansion that´s gone on the last four years? The huge increase in Food Stamp eligibility, all the new people on disability benefits, the 2 years of unemployment benefits and all the other goodies? It´s Stimulus redux and re-redux and re-re-redux and re-re-re-redux.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Rama41, 2/8/2013 9:42:16 PM (No. 9166596)
I expect Republicans to stand fast on this one. There´s nothing left to lose and everything to gain.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
strike3, 2/8/2013 9:44:26 PM (No. 9166600)
Anything that cuts government spending can only help us. I don´t care if the post office is only open three days a week, I don´t use it anyway. I don´t care if the NEA closes down, they have done more to harm education than anybody. I don´t care if obama´s aunt zootie gets her taxpayer supported home pulled out from under her. I don´t care if the EPA can´t save the wetland that exists on the other side of the railroad tracks, frogs can live anywhere.
This kenyan fool has disrupted life in this country for at least the next two generations already.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
clayusmcret, 2/8/2013 9:54:40 PM (No. 9166611)
If the White House thought sequester would disrupt the life of the nation, they should never have convinced congress to go along with it. It was the WH´s idea.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Nimby, 2/8/2013 10:02:28 PM (No. 9166628)
The big arse should have thought long and hard before using this as a ploy for fiscal cliff!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
JerseyDotter, 2/8/2013 10:08:02 PM (No. 9166637)
No problem...just wait and see. Between the white house and the medi, this will all be turned around and blamed on the Republicans. And they, spineless as they are, will sit back and let it happen and not even defend themselves. I´m done, done, done with ALL of them. This nation is DOOMED.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
horacer, 2/8/2013 10:27:37 PM (No. 9166656)
Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes... The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
And that´s just day one! Panic is setting in at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
geneinnyc, 2/8/2013 10:28:40 PM (No. 9166659)
Obama´s idea! Obama´s idea! HAHAHAHAHHAHA!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
jrmax13, 2/8/2013 11:21:47 PM (No. 9166691)
So we have to listen to Obama squeal like a stuck pig for the next 3 weeks! I am not sure if I should grab the the hearing protection or make some popcorn?!?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
FormerDem, 2/8/2013 11:22:37 PM (No. 9166692)
Hurray for Boehner!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 2/9/2013 5:18:58 AM (No. 9166821)
Barry had no problem with disrupting the life of the nation when he suggested sequestration and when he signed it. Live with it Barry!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
beamer, 2/9/2013 5:57:03 AM (No. 9166833)
Let´s get this straight! It was Obama´s plan! Don´t let the Media BS you otherwise!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Spidey, 2/9/2013 6:03:12 AM (No. 9166835)
Obama is exploiting this situation to turn the public against the idea of spending cuts because that´s what republicans are running on.I seriously doubt domestic programs will suffer that much but the military contractors will and obama doesn´t care about them.
Obama´s only solution to this is another round of tax increases,once again putting republicans on the spot for thousands of lay offs.This is not a winner for us at all.
The whole culture of hate against the republicans has to do with budget cuts and Obama means to make them pay by blaming them for the bad economy.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
franq, 2/9/2013 7:18:33 AM (No. 9166901)
This quarterly budget drama is getting tiresome. #8 is right, $85B is a drop in the bucket. I know, let´s spread it over 10 years, that will make it palatable.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
snichols, 2/9/2013 10:15:29 AM (No. 9167217)
There shouldn´t be anyone in the USA that doesn´t believe the feds waste billions and billions each year. A 20% cut from all department budgets would hardly cause a ripple of really needed things. Get rid of the sex studies of wasps, etc.
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