Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation spoke out passionately this morning against upcoming automatic federal spending cuts, portraying them as potentially devastating to children, the elderly, and the poor.
“Sequestration is just a fancy word for cuts, cuts in programs that really go right to the heart of caring for those people who need it the most within our society,” US Representative Edward J. Markey said at a rally at an anti-poverty agency in dowtown Boston.
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Sure the government will shutdown - it we cut 85B from a 3.8T budget - that’s 2.24%
Keep Hammering away Senator Warren
You need to read up a bit about the sequester. Many areas (SSA, etc) will be exempt, other areas (civilian DoD, for example) will be subject to random cuts 10-20%.
president Obama should sign the bill the House passed, it has NO tax increases, that's why he won't sign it. You want hikes, then you're out of luck.