Well the people we have elected to speak for us in DC seem to be taking these automatic spending cuts seriously Congress is currently on a 10 day recess (vacation) and the President is playing golf in Florida I am all for taking time off and I know these schedules are made well in advance of bills going into effect but really people? Is now the best time to be taking a long vacation?
By all DC accounts the Sequester bill is bad for everyone but what are they doing about it? Nothing! I doubt it will harm many of them but for us average Americans it could have very really and serous effects.
The New York Times has put together a list of the automatic cuts that go into effect March 1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/opinion/sunday/the-real-cost-of-shrinking-government.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
We need to get our budget under control but some of these are very dire and would only hurt the country and economy. This plan was supposed to be an end game to force Congress to do their job, clearly they do not want to work because they aren't. My faith in this government is at an all time low right now. I am normally upbeat and optimistic but this Congress has become a nightmare. There is not much we can do aside from writing our Senators and Representatives and telling them how we feel and to get a deal done because in the end it is our lives that are on the line, they will still get paid at the end of the day and if they have been reelected they will get a thank you package if they don't win their next election. They just don't seem to care.
By all DC accounts the Sequester bill is bad for everyone but what are they doing about it? Nothing! I doubt it will harm many of them but for us average Americans it could have very really and serous effects.
The New York Times has put together a list of the automatic cuts that go into effect March 1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/opinion/sunday/the-real-cost-of-shrinking-government.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
We need to get our budget under control but some of these are very dire and would only hurt the country and economy. This plan was supposed to be an end game to force Congress to do their job, clearly they do not want to work because they aren't. My faith in this government is at an all time low right now. I am normally upbeat and optimistic but this Congress has become a nightmare. There is not much we can do aside from writing our Senators and Representatives and telling them how we feel and to get a deal done because in the end it is our lives that are on the line, they will still get paid at the end of the day and if they have been reelected they will get a thank you package if they don't win their next election. They just don't seem to care.