Hundreds of thousands of jobs are at risk. Delays await at airports. Padlocks are ready at national parks.
The nation will suffer greater risk of wildfires, workplace deaths, and even surprise weather events, if government predictions are to be believed. Our entire military readiness and superiority are at risk.
What if nobody cares?
President Obama sure does. He’s making the case, aggressively and comprehensively, that the automatic spending cuts set to go into effect at the end of the month will have a devastating impact, both on the economy and on essential government services.
“They will slow our economy. They will eliminate good jobs. They will leave many families who are already stretched to the limit scrambling to figure out what to do,” the president said Saturday in his weekly radio address.
Read more:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/02/president-obama-faces-cliff-fatigue-in-latest-budget-fight/
DC PANIC OVER $85 BILLION IN CUTS
Reports on how the sequestration will affect all 50 states is part of a White House campaign to pressure congressional Republicans.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/02/24/obama-sequester-state-by-state-mccain-pfeiffer/1943173/
The nation will suffer greater risk of wildfires, workplace deaths, and even surprise weather events, if government predictions are to be believed. Our entire military readiness and superiority are at risk.
What if nobody cares?
President Obama sure does. He’s making the case, aggressively and comprehensively, that the automatic spending cuts set to go into effect at the end of the month will have a devastating impact, both on the economy and on essential government services.
“They will slow our economy. They will eliminate good jobs. They will leave many families who are already stretched to the limit scrambling to figure out what to do,” the president said Saturday in his weekly radio address.
Read more:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/02/president-obama-faces-cliff-fatigue-in-latest-budget-fight/
DC PANIC OVER $85 BILLION IN CUTS
Reports on how the sequestration will affect all 50 states is part of a White House campaign to pressure congressional Republicans.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/02/24/obama-sequester-state-by-state-mccain-pfeiffer/1943173/