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DesideriScuri -> RE: Obamanoimcs...update (7/18/2013 8:56:28 PM)
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Austerity and sequester cuts are hurting the poor and middle class? Um, that assumes that the poor and middle class should be relying on government for sustenance. I would argue that isn't true in most cases (see? that allows for the disabled, elderly, etc. that are incapable of relying on themselves and need - and should be able - to rely on government).
The government provides services to the poor and middle classes, as well as the upper classes, that it is impossible or impractical to provide by private business and those are being affected by the sequestration. For instance about 30,000 public school teaching and staff positions around the nation have been cut due to the sequester. Police and fire personnel are also being cut around the country due to it. Until it inconvenienced some congresscritters the FAA was going to have to furlough air traffic controllers which would have drastically slowed airport operations around the nation.
Like I said. Transfer payments (to the States to distribute to pay for education, fire/police protection, etc.). That is what is getting cut because that is what is going to cause the most discomfort and gin up the most support. That is exactly why those things are being cut. It's not about cutting waste. It's about making cuts to get support for more spending, etc.
The sequester didn't give options it was a specific percentage cut from all affected line items.
Care to show proof that teachers, fire and police forces were required to be specifically impacted?
It was across the board cuts. That means every single program affected had to be cut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequester_(2013)
So, no. There is nothing that says that teachers, or fire/police have to be cut. Remember, those are not Federal employees. They are State/Local employees.
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