Published: Sunday, Mar. 31, 2013 - 12:00 am | Page 6E
Last Modified: Sunday, Mar. 31, 2013 - 10:56 am
Ever since Congress failed to agree on budget actions (click here) to avoid the "sequester," naysayers have scoffed at the notion that across-the-board cuts would inflict real harm.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, accused President Barack Obama of exploiting the issue "to scare people in order to grow the size of government."
"Most of the nation will wake up Friday morning and yawn," Rep. Tim Huelskamp, a Republican from Kansas, said after Congress failed to act.
While it's true that most Americans haven't yet been touched by the sequester cuts, that will soon change – and for some, it could be brutal. In Sacramento and other cities, poor families who depend on the federal government to help pay their rent will likely be the first to feel the pain.
The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency is bracing for a 9.4 percent cut, or the loss of $13.9 million this year. The bulk of the money goes to subsidize rents for poor families....
But, alas, President Reagan stated the greatness of the USA is the ability to choose to be homeless.
Hopefully, the President and his Cabinet will continue to find areas to reconstruct "The Sequester."
Published: Monday, April 01, 2013But, alas, President Reagan stated the greatness of the USA is the ability to choose to be homeless.
Hopefully, the President and his Cabinet will continue to find areas to reconstruct "The Sequester."
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says (click here) 480 workers on the president’s budget staff have been notified they may have to take days off without pay because of a partisan budget stalemate.
Press secretary Jay Carney wouldn’t say whether notices have gone out to other aides to President Barack Obama outside the Office of Management and Budget, including senior staff in the West Wing. But he says pay cuts remain a possibility for additional White House employees if a budget deal isn’t reached.
Every federal agency is grappling with spending cuts. Carney says the White House also has been trying to cut costs by slowing down hiring, scaling back supply purchases, curtailing staff travel, reducing the use of air cards for mobile Internet access and reviewing contracts to look for savings.
