US President Barack Obama delivers remarks joined by emergency responders to urge action to avoid the automatic budget cuts scheduled to hit next Friday if Congress fails to find a path forward on balanced deficit reduction during an event at the White House in Washington, DC, February 19, 2013. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
On Sunday, the White House continued its effort to prevent the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts known as “sequestration” from starting this Friday, releasing a dramatic state-by-state list of how they claim each state will be impacted if Congress fails to act.
It’s worth remembering that the “cut” is only to the projected increase in spending, not to what we are currently spending.
White House political director Dan Pfeiffer said on a call Sunday, according to the Hill, that the sequester is only going to happen if Republicans refuse to compromise.
He added: “Republicans are making a policy choice that these cuts are better for the economy than eliminating tax loopholes that benefit the wealthy.”
Republicans have countered by noting that the sequester was an idea originally pushed by the White House, and they have several times attempted to avert the cuts.
House Speaker John Boehner’s spokesman Michael Steel said in a statement: “Republicans in the House have voted – twice – to replace President Obama’s sequester with smarter spending cuts. The White House needs to spend less time explaining to the press how bad the sequester will be and more time actually working to stop it.”
Either way, here’s what the White House claims will happen in each state if the sequester goes through (via the Wall Street Journal):
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
John McCain said on CNN’s State of the Union today that the across-the-board sequestration cuts are a “cowardly” way to tackle the budget, and the “worst” way to go about it:
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AmericaMustBeFree
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:19pmIs it better to lose now.. than later, when we all will lose, when we’re standing in a soup kitchen line.. Obama made this mess.. he is unwilling to do his part to make a budget.. I feel within my very being that its coming.. and then we can blame the Democrats for the US’s demise!
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Keatonc333
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:32pmSo i don’t want to sound like a broken record, but according to center on budget and policy priorities.. George Bush during his presidency added 5 trillion to the deficit.. plus the continuing interest from those policies.. while as of 2012 Obama has added less than a trillion to the deficit.. So how can we blame democrats for t=our financial struggles again?http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/adding-to-the-deficit-bush-vs-obama/2012/01/31/gIQAQ0kFgQ_graphic.html
JohnnyinthePedros
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:37pmI just looked at the list for my state and I’m very disappointed that more won’t be cut.
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brother_ed
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:49pmDo I really see an “it’s Bush’s fault!’ comment?
Seriously?
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bdandsl
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:53pmAs long as they can go on vacations, we haven’t cut enough!
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Keatonc333
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:57pmIf the shoe fits brother ed… can’t argue with facts
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HOLYCOWBATMAN
Feb. 25, 2013 at 12:11amIf this is what it takes to disable the EPA and knock a few lazy loony teachers off the rolls I’m in. All in.
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sooner12
Feb. 25, 2013 at 12:25amI’ve read the list of potential “cuts” to my state. I didn’t know we had border patrol agents here in Oklahoma. As far as the cuts are concerned, better they are minimal compared to the overall budget total. Also, these so called cuts are in most areas where the state should be the resposible party, rather than the state having to rely upon federal grants. Really, I had to laugh when I read that Obama has reduced the national debt by $2.4 trillion. Funny, given when our debt has grown by $6 trillion since this idiot has taken office. Only the “low information voters” (i.e. democrats) would believe this crap.
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TotallyNotATroll
Feb. 25, 2013 at 12:49amYou realize this is Bush’s fault.
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lemkete
Feb. 25, 2013 at 12:53am@Keaton Wow, citing year+ old “statistics” from liberal think tank. You guys will pull stuff from anywhere to try and prove your point. It even shows obamacare saving 200+ billion by 2017! More like costing us $2 trillion and counting. It amazes me that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medicine somehow think we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medicine, and a government bureaucracy to administer it. – Thomas Sowell
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wallawizard
Feb. 25, 2013 at 1:07amI did some calculations on the Total Public Debt Outstanding based on presidential inaugurations using this gov website:
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np
When Bush came into office on Jan 20th 2001 the total public debt was $5,727,776,738,304. When Bush left office it was: $10,626,877,048,913
So in Bush’s 8 year term he contributed to the total public debt approximately: $4,899,100,310,609
When Obama came into office (1/20/2009) the debt was:
$10,626,877,048,913
As of 2/21/2013 the Total Public Debt Outstanding was approximately
$16,608,318,357,376.54
In Obama’s 4 years and 1 month in office he added $5,981,441,308,463.54 to the public debt which is more than Bush added in his 8 years in office. At this rate at the end of Obama’s second term we will be sitting at $20+ trillion.
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Rojolobo
Feb. 25, 2013 at 1:25amJust read what would happen to my state. We don’t need all that crap. Contractors, unions, insiders blah.
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Farmhand82
Feb. 25, 2013 at 2:13amOh Keaton. Obama has already blown Bushes 8 years of definite spending (which did indeed suck) out of the water in just four. Bushes worst year (after Democrats took the legislative branch) never topped a trillion while outside of the absolute silliest favorable math, Obama has never been under a trillion and was closer to one and a half trillion one year. I’m sorry but at this point I don’t know why anyone would take you seriously since you show willful ignorance and make provably wrong statements. EASILY provably wrong even, like somehow trying to claim Obama hasn’t run up the definite as bad as Bush which not even most Democrats claim.
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83plus
Feb. 25, 2013 at 2:27amBut wait, didn’t president once say he’d veto any effort to get rid of the sequester? It was the White House’s idea anyway, now the Democrats are pulling the panic switch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcXBkawkHJM&feature=youtu.be
I heard it. Does this mean the ‘flip flop’ chant is going to start again? Or has he not done and said enough yet? Oh well.
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phil1765
Feb. 25, 2013 at 3:15amKeatonc333
You really are a freaking moron. Obama has added 6 trillion to the deficit in 4 years. How in the hell could you run over 1 trillion dollars in deficits per year and come up with only 1 trillion added during his term. I know you idiot libs have your own math but you are dumber than a box of rocks if you think 1.5T x 4 equals 1T.
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desertspeaks
Feb. 25, 2013 at 3:56amI don’t believe the republicans have the stomach for it but it should be done.. let the sequestration happen!
Just like the government should have let the big banks fail, instead they get bailed out, then forgiven for worldwide fraud and get a tiny fine in comparison to the profit they reaped! thats collusion on the governments part and makes them a party to fraud! they have lost any integrity they might have had left!
Enough is enough.. lets get it over with, people will learn to tighten their belts and do without or they will continue to be incompetent failures at life!
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matinva
Feb. 25, 2013 at 4:51am@Keaton
Once again, the old Twain adage, “There are lies, damned lies and statistics” holds true. While the WaPo’s fiddling with the numbers may look impressive, lipstick doesn’t make a pig anything but a pig. We are more than 6 Trillion dollars deeper in debt than we were four years ago. Obama has yet to pass a budget (let alone get a single vote for one), gubmint spending is still rocketing out of sight and somehow you’ve been snowed into thinking this is all a good thing.
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Obama Been Lauding
Feb. 25, 2013 at 5:44amKeaton,
Yes, you and all the other brainless keep going back to “Blame Bush”.
Why is it I haven’t heard much on Clinton causing the housing bubble, because he did?
Before he left office he signed into law, that ‘anyone’ should qualify for a home mortgage.
This took only about 7 years to hit the skids, as a large number of these people did not have income enough to really qualify, thus the bubble burst. This was the start of the Progressive onslaught!!
Now, to the current idiot in the White House!!!
Obama, and his Progressive friends, has set their sights on the whole economy, and form of government. Socialism. Social Justice. Socialized Medicine. Socialized Auto Manufacturers. Socialized Green this and that, Socialized schools, etc. etc.
This has led to well over a Trillion $ deficit, in each of his first 4 years!!! More that Bush in 8 years!!!!
You and your idiot mathematicians should go to a private grade school and re-learn math.
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DonaldH
Feb. 25, 2013 at 5:50amKeaton, Really? Are you this stupid or do you just bank on all others to be as stupid as the “low information voters” that carry Obama?— One more time for intellectually deficient liberals—Clinton really didn’t have or create a surplus and the phony numbers made up by the Obama Administration won’t create any decrease in spending—they never do. If we followed you logic of tracing it back to the previous administration—we could lay it all at Clinton’s feet with his phony surplus budget and his “everyone deserves to own a home” scam… Grow-up!! Oh and by the way—the world and definitely this country will be better off without you and your ilk— those like you have limited political time left…
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kaydeebeau
Feb. 25, 2013 at 6:32amSo keaton is this the new liberal math at work here? What was the debt when O took office? What is the debt now? Subtract the 2 – now what is the answer? Is the answer 1 T? I think not
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bertr
Feb. 25, 2013 at 7:27amWhile I’m no fan of Bush(although I thank the guy for waking me up), If any of you really believes Keaton has even the slightess interest in facts or reality, i feel sorry for you. But I guess its good to post the facts just to demostrate what a complete moron he is to the wandering visitors.
Anyway bring the sequestor on. Its like the wrong step in the right direction, but its all we’re going to get to postpone the end just a little. We’ll still be in deep trouble in 3 or 4 years but it might buy us a few months longer to brace from this altered reality we’re living in to shatter.
I do want to give Keaton a shout out for the new drone base his man Obama just set up in Niger. It truly is a great day for you American socialist. Your colonialism and warmongering have reached new levels that put even the most progressive republican lawmaker to shame
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watashbuddyfriend
Feb. 25, 2013 at 7:28am@Keatonc333
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 11:32pm
“So i don’t want to sound like a broken record….”
YOUR record is broken!
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1in11-twist
Feb. 25, 2013 at 7:29amKeaton you might want to work on those math skills When Oblamer took office we had an embarrassing 10 trillion in debt. We are now at 16 trillion???? Just how and who do YOU think is responsible for that 6 TRILLION, not 1 trillion, in NEW debt…REALLY dude???
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old white guy
Feb. 25, 2013 at 7:58amyou know, if the bull—t from obama gets any deeper americans are going to drown in it.
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carbonyes
Feb. 25, 2013 at 8:46amAMERICAMUSTBEFREE
Whether you realize it or not, the bottom is about to fall out. Obama knows it, is trying to accelerate “the happening” and it’s part of the Cloward-Piven strategy, which Obama embraces with great delight, which simply means you continue to overload the system with prolific taxing, printing money and borrowing, accompanied by out of control spending to bring the economy and our government crashing down. The snow ball is rolling down hill and it is gaining momentum and size. The only way it can be slowed is by dragging the Imposter-in-Chief kicking and screaming out of the White House, tar and feather him and drag his behind over to the chamber of the House to impeach him for any number of offenses. He has pretty much violated them all. Don’t send the sucker back to Kenya. Give him a life sentence without parole and be done with him. If the idiots on the left complain, we can let their leadership join him in single cells with one hour in a concrete court yard for exercise. Give them the Bible to read and a deprogrammer to see if they can be set free from their whacked sense of being and understanding. The deprogrammer, a good psychiatrist, and there are not many good ones, would have to have read and understood and be able to apply the findings of Dr. Lyle H. Rossiter, Jr., M.D., a forensic psychiatrist and author of “The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness.
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dcatkin
Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:20amYeah bring it on jackass, show us all what a true moron you really are.
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RJinCO
Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:33am@KEATONC33
The FACT is that the Congress ran up nearly $5 billion in deficits during the eight years of the Bush Administration. Under Obama’s leadership, Congress has increased the deficit by $5 billion in 4 years. In part, because the Senate has not passed a budget measure in four years, in part because the auto bailout and TARP are now considered part of the baseline budget, and in part due to costs for implementing Obamacare. Try reading!
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Trigus
Feb. 25, 2013 at 10:00amI call on Congress to charge Barry Obama with Sedition: incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority.
This list broken down by States is no more then a Hostage note or Terrorist Demand list. Barry Obama should be labeled a Domestic Terrorist. Yes, a Domestic Terrorist. – terrorism
- a method of government or of resisting government involving domination or coercion of societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons. (this list released by the White House is to threaten every State and American Citizens.)
Barry Obama blames republicans, he blames Bush, he blames everyone but the Democrats, His Administration, and Himself.
I call on Congress today, as an American Citizen, as a Tax Payer, to vote on the charge of Sedition against Barry Obama.
I call for an Emergency Meeting of Governors: to address the Threats levied at their State.
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tzion
Feb. 25, 2013 at 10:31am@keaton
The first budget Obama signed increased the deficit and he has continued to spend at that level or above every year. In four years he added more to the debt than Bush added in eight. I’ll give Bush credit for what he did spend but Obama has spent more and plans to spend even more.
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Bruce4671
Feb. 25, 2013 at 10:46amwow. So the only thing you can think of is to blame Bush KeatonC333? Ok fine. I looked at your chart and read the reasoning. Shoot, I even agree with the basic premiss that continuing programs of your predecessor will add to your budget expenses. So I suppose that Clinton’s programs disappeared when
Bush took office and every other presidents before him.
I’m a bottom line kind of guy. And the bottom line is that every year since 1977 federal spending has increased except for 1987 and 1993 (the reference I am using only goes to 2009 and has a projection for 2010) and yes spending has gone down each year 2010, 2011 and 2012 if my memory is right. Now the DEBT on the other hand has INCREASED every year except for 1979, 80, 81 and 2000. Now the project increase in 2010 was 12.5% the largest in history. In 2010 the debt was 13 trillion and counting. 3 years later it is 16.5 trillion and counting. So you can whine and cry about which presidents policy raised or lower “deficit” spending but it is still DEFICIT spending. And since 2010 3.5 trillion dollars has been added to the DEBT. That is over a trillion dollars we borrowed each year.
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naughtycal
Feb. 25, 2013 at 10:51amObama used the automatic military spending cut as a way he thought he could get Republican to increase the debt cieling yet again. He thought hye could blackmail the Republican with those cuts…And now he’s finding out that Republicans don’t dela with BLACKMAILERS.
Obama even stated that he would veto any measure that came to his desk that would end the automatic defense cuts.
THIS IS 1000% OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATIC CONTROL SENATES FAULT.
But the real issue is so what we need to start cuts somewhere and fighting other country’s wars is as good of place as any to start cuts.
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Trigus
Feb. 25, 2013 at 10:52amMy fellow Americans, I see before me a once Great Nation and sadly there is no one to blame but ourselves for allowing the current situation we find ourselves facing. How has it come to be that ONE Person, and his Administration, believe they have the god given right to threaten us, threaten our employment, threaten the welfare of our children, and threaten our State.
Today, and tomorrow, and how ever long it takes, call your Congressional Representatives. your State Representatives, and the Governor of your State. Ask them how a Tyrant could threaten the well being and livelihoods of American Citizens. Remind them of the blood, sweat, and tears that soak the very ground we walk on. Remind them of the sacrifices that our Fathers, Mothers, Brothers, Sisters, and Forefathers gave for this once Great Country and that it is their blood, sweat, and tears that we so freely trample on. Remind them we are not subjects of a king, or a tyrant, and not subject to their will, but that we are a Free People, a Free Nation.
Tell them: We will not go Quietly. We are Americans. We have the Right to Free Speech, the Right to Freedom of the Press, the Right to Freedom of Religion, the Right to Bear Arms, and the Right to Remove any Tyrannical Government.
The distinctions between Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, and Independents are no more. I Am Not A Republican, But An American!
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lildrummerboy
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:24am@phil1765 lib math 2+2 does equal 5
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redfish52
Feb. 25, 2013 at 11:42am@keaton…your an idiot….what happened to our country on 9/11 during the Bush years..don’t come to a gun fight with a water pistol full of piss and vinegar…
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mtcountrygrl
Feb. 25, 2013 at 2:40pmYou know what ticks me off the most about all of this? As of January, every American that gets a paycheck took a 2% pay cut when social security taxes went back up. Now we are suppost to believe that a 2% reduction in SPENDING INCREASES, will shut the government down. SERIOUSLY? You live on 2% less ACTUAL money, but we cannot live on what we are currently spending plus some unless you give us 2% more.
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kenboo1
Feb. 25, 2013 at 2:52pmcut now so we can get use to it then cut again next year…
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Keep Your Skepticals On
Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:20pmThe “Bush added more to the deficit than That Guy” argument only works in relative terms (year to year deficit increase). Basically, Bush added more to Clinton than That Guy added to Bush. But in absolute terms, That Guy continues to spend everything Bush did and then some! That is what an increase in the deficit means. Yes, That Guy is spending more than Bush.
Again, the only way That Guy spending “looks reasonable” is by comparing Clinton-Bush to Bush-That Guy and the only reason that even appears to be reasonable is that under Bush the deficit exploded. That Guy is worse than every other president, save Bush. Bush spent so much that a more reasonable question should be why do we still have a deficit at all? That Guy is, again, spending everything Bush did and then some.
Maybe we should be thankful the deficit is not exploding at quite the same rate as it did under Bush, but that is hardly consolation to the fact it is still expanding beyond control.
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crusaderx9
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:18pmobama is the face of sequestration.
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RLTW
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:27pmYes, and these were all lies when Obama first spoke them.
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CatB
Feb. 25, 2013 at 12:17amHe certainly is … if anyone hasn’t seen this … “Obama’s Mess”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZMNfP_HCUA
btw .. if all these horrible things are going to happen because of a cut in the INCREASE in spending for the year .. maybe we should just cut everything else and leave this .. seems they are cutting all the “important” things. ;-) The sky is falling … NOT!
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Baddoggy
Feb. 25, 2013 at 4:24amI saw what Texas was losing…WONDERFUL NEWS!!! We didnt need that crap anyway!!!!
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carbonyes
Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:09amRead the “alleged or potential Ohio cuts” if the sequester goes into effect. Obama is such a lying deceiving fear monger among many other traits and lack of character unbecoming a President. There is no doubt that he is the most egregious piece of excrement that has ever occupied the White House, and he doesn’t even belong there for the simple truth that he has lied, deceived and played the part of an imposter to obtain the position and could have been stopped prior to acceding to that position if those who had the power to get at his records and properly vetted him would have done so.
What a travesty that he was not properly challenged and exposed for who he is by the likes of the leadership in the Republican Party itself. It is almost true, if not true, that some of said leadership were complicit in assisting to place the Imposter-in-Chief in the most powerful position in the world. It is almost the worst nightmare conceivable, but it is a living reality.
The only explanation that is at all reasonable is that God blinded the minds, hearts and perception of multiplied millions to enable this imposter and treasonous soul of Obama to become President to wreck punishment upon this nation for its grievous sins of abortion, promoting homosexual proclivities and gay marriage while simultaneously spitting in the face of God.
Vengeance is mine, saith The Lord, and He is certainly enacting that. It only took turning man over to himself. Sad but very true!
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Dougral Supports Israel
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:14pmSo, if sequestration, which merely scratches about the edges of the total deficit spending, is so devastating then what will happen when the Feds finally are forced to cut back seriously on spending? The day of reckoning is fast approaching.
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gac1218
Feb. 25, 2013 at 7:29amAnd the Sky is falling. No, really it is in Russia, Florida, and California.
If these pathetic politicians can’t make the cuts necessary to save our country then I’m all for sequestration, but more. How does 10% of the extra trillion were spending fix anything anyhow?
It will take 10 years to offset one year of excess spending.
Truth is everyone is going to have to take a major hit, now, or we lose our whole way of life later.
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americansfightingforcommonsense
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:12pmYou know if the states don’t send them money in the first place we don’t have to try to get it back! Just say NO to Obama and his evil minions.
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CatB
Feb. 25, 2013 at 12:18amExactly .. just cut off the money to the feds .. let the states run their own business and cut out the STEALING by the feds.
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marine249
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:10pmoh I forgot I am in the 57 state. this has nothing
to do with me. sorry.
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GONE_SOVEREIGN
Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:57amLMAO! I wish I was Marine! ;-)
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niterider
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:09pmLet er rip, Obummer in chief. This time it is on YOU.
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Sparky101
Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:08pmHow much time and money were absolutely wasted in compiling that fraudulent list of state by state effects, instead of applying it to something constructive like finding ways to cut this mindless administrations out-of-line spending. Just more example of Oblamer wasting our hard earned money and attempting to scare honest Americans. I read the stupid compiliation of my state’s terrible demise, and I’m all for it. In fact, I’d go for even harsher threats (because that’s all they really are. Not only does Oblamer need to cut “future” spending, but he needs to cancel programs that are proven worthless (like Head Start). He needs to fire and disband the entire Department of Education, as it exists nowhere in the Constitution and is a proven waste of money better spent in hiring real teachers. Lots of places to cut, starting in the salaries he pays his cronies.
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americansfightingforcommonsense
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:09pmThis is one of the funniest things I have ever read. The POTUS Obama was the one who came up with this whole thing and now he wants to blame it on the Republicans? Whatever, I am fine with this. We have got to stop spending and borrowing. This idiot needs to learn that he can’t have it both ways. “Be careful for what you wish for because you might just get it”. The list they have written is about a joke though. It is always the same old same old…Teachers, policeman, military,…will lose their jobs…LOL Obama you are truly now the worst POTUS ever. Jimmy Carter just got beat.
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americansfightingforcommonsense
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:17pmThe EPA needs to be cut off anyway. This is Obama’s way of enforcing Cap and Trade on to the general public. No one wants dirty air or water. The EPA does NOTHING to protect us from that. We The People do. We demand our local officials take care of business. It’s the EPA that causes nothing but headaches and trouble beyond belief.
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marine249
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:07pmHoly brown cow, is the world going to end on March 1st?????
I think I’ll get my popcorn, dite coke, 40 cal and my 12 ga shotgun
and sit on the front porch and watch it go away.
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CatB
Feb. 25, 2013 at 12:19amListening to the LOCAL MSM .. they are certainly carrying Obama’s WATER .. like usual!
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rickroland
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:07pmYeah, that’s all fine and good, but it’s all a lie.
Sequestration doesn’t cut a single dime of anything. It merely decreases, pretty much imperceptibly, built-in spending increases.
The only way sequestration would have the dire “catastrophes” that Obama, his Administration, the bulk of the Dems and Reps in Congress AND the bulk of the Media will occur is this — if Obama and his Administration officials direct and manage things to make such catastrophes happen. Sequestration, in no way, would be responsible, not even remotely, for such things. The U.S. citizenry is being scammed, big time, by those I named above, it’s absolutely sickening.
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deltaecho
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:40pmRick speaks the Truth. The spending this year will outpace last year sequestration notwithstanding. They’re trying to blow smoke and we’re not buying it.
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chewfatlip
Feb. 25, 2013 at 7:34amCan you imagine what they would say if they had to freeze spending instead of just getting a smaller increase?
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lcopeland
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:06pmI thought there were 57 states?
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civilwarcometh
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:02pmLooks like a lot of union jobs will be cut. WOOHOO!!!!
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Keatonc333
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:13pmYA job loss, higher unemployment and more government benefits! you sir are a patriot!
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deltaecho
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:42pmIt’s a molehill, 333. Stop trying to make a mountain out of it.
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UNALIEN
Feb. 25, 2013 at 12:42amKEATONC333
but Pelosi said unemployment is good for the economy it creates jobs,,
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landrain
Feb. 25, 2013 at 1:12am@UNALIEN… Yes for every dollar spent on unemployment we get two back… so we should layoff the entire country put everyone on unemployment and we could double GDP overnight… In Pelosi-Land
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Fubared
Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:06amLil Keatie you should take time off from irrelevant posting and try art. Try art in a Euro union country.
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Texaslockstar
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:01pmI have no issue with what Texas will lose. I believe the obamacare should be the next cut.
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styxman65
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:01pmIn the words of Word War II General McAuliffe, “NUTS!”
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Tri-ox
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:00pmWhatever – no on believes the ridiculous lies and histrionics coming out of the White House, over obama’s sequester. Even though obama and his democrats have been trying to convince the American public to the contrary, the sequester was all obama’s idea – and, the cuts involved are a tiny drop-in-the-’spending bucket’ (and a necessary first step toward REAL cuts).
Max Baucus (D-MT) on sequester: “The White House recommended it, frankly, in August 2011.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAd1trp0rgk&feature=youtu.be
http://twitchy.com/2013/02/20/dem-sen-max-baucus-speaks-out-of-turn-admits-sequester-was-white-houses-idea/
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pma_guy
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:59pmAs a Texan, we GLADLY refuse all the “help”. I can recommend a few more programs I’d love to add to the list!!
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Keatonc333
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:11pmoh really? you might want to clue the Texas government in on that… being as they have taken more disaster relief money from the government than any other state, the federal government spent $9,000 per Texan in 2010. the federal government gives on average 30-40 billion to texans on medicare, medicaid and social security per year. Texas has over 3 million people on food stamps.. and in 2011 40% of the states budget came from federal aid.. and yet Texas is still 274 billion dollars in debt.. Funny how your idea of Texas differs so much from actual Texas.
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UNALIEN
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:43pmsuch a liar,, why do you always BS
Texas is one of the few states the pays more than it receives in 2010 data 0.91 ratio
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/02/is-your-state-a-net-giver-or-taker-of-federal-taxes/
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Keatonc333
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:57pmactually every thing i wrote was true..
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UNALIEN
Feb. 25, 2013 at 12:31amKEATONC333
except the context, you lie by omission intentionally to mislead.. cherry picking facts out of context
Fact is Texas is one of the few states that receives less from the Feds than it pays…
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bbhouston
Feb. 25, 2013 at 2:29amKeaton……you make me laff. I live in Texas and would gladly make this deal…..”We Texans keep all taxes we pay to the fed and keep it in state.” “And we won’t take a dime from the fed”. We’d take that deal in a second.
We are sick and tire of supporting the fools in NYC, California, Chicago, Detroit, and the crackhead politicians in Washington DC.
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anyonelisteneing
Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:43am@Keatonc333
Your numbers may be true I have never seen them and you did not like a refrence. But, tht said. Texas send more money to DC then if gets back. for every dollar they send they get around 68 cents back. Also since TX has no income taxes the federal goevmern does not susidize them as they do other states thew state income tax credits.
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Walkabout
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:56pm“During FY 2012, the federal government spent $3.54 trillion on a budget or cash basis, down $60 billion or 1.7% vs. FY 2011 spending of $3.60 trillion”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expenditures_in_the_United_States_federal_budget
So the sequester is going to cut about 44 billion from a budget that is over 3.5 trillion dollars. That is less than 2%.
We are being scammed by progressives / liberals doing what they do best. LYING!
Get the calculator out, use a spreadsheet or piece of paper & divide the sequester amount by the total budget. See what percentage that is.
A paid troll may get furloughed. Boo HOO!
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Keatonc333
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:16pmYA 2% from the United States Budget is ALOT! 44 billion dollars.. that equals a lot of jobs and programs.
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civilwarcometh
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:27pm@KEATONC333: To see you so upset tells me this is a GOOD thing…
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caseyvrc40
Feb. 25, 2013 at 4:03amHere’s an idea, not ever dollar spent is on a direct job, why doesn’t that POS Obama come up with a solution to cut frivolous, wasteful costs. I know a company that spent $40,000 to ship a pallet of water to Afghanistan, when water is transported and purified locally. Sad part is about 6 people signed off on it and all wanted to stop up by the higher declared it was needed. By the time the crews that allegedly needed it got there the water had sat thru 120+ degree summer heat for 4 months and was undrinkable. Instead he just says stupid things like the 5% non-defense cuts would equate to 9% and for the border patrol that would result in the equivalent of cutting 7750 border patrol agents/officer when the department as he claimed doubled since 2004 and is now just over 20,000 agents officers. so lets see 9% of 20,000 is 1,800 so where does he get the other 5,950 from and is every dollar cut seriously a direct cut in labor. What a moron anyone like Keaton would have to be to believe this guy and a word he says.
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tzion
Feb. 25, 2013 at 10:38amKeaton
Government doesn’t create jobs. All government ever does is create a demand for certain jobs and often they are jobs that are counterproductive. For example, we are currently wasting money funding train lines that almost nobody uses. Keeping these lines open costs more money than they could ever hope to make. We are wasting money providing a service no one wants.
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zombieocracy
Feb. 27, 2013 at 2:51pmKEATONC333: 2% is a lot more jobs if left in the private sector. If we let the economy grow naturally (i.e., privately), we don’t need government “programs.” Your mistake is in thinking that government spending is the answer to every question.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:54pmreading through the lists they all say the same thing, police and teachers laid off, because of the federal money put into a states budget, Colorado, 9Million, equals 120 teachers laid off. Hmmm, in my district, their budget comes directly from property taxes and sales tax. How does Odummy figure if he cuts 9 million out of a state budget, suddenly we will just start laying teachers off? Our district controls those kind of things, unless he is going to personally come in and take over our budget.
But then again, we are talking about people who believe in Unicorn Kisses and Pixie Farts and if you just close your eyes and wish hard enough, your dreams will come true. The problem is they have kept their eyes closed for 4 years while the rest of us have to deal the reality of their decisions. Hey, gas just went up 20 cents a gallon, time to close my eyes and wish.
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Keatonc333
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:02pmDid you ever stop to think that not all 320,000,000 million people live in your district?
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:31pmKetonic:
No, 320 Mill. do not live in my district, traffic isn’t THAT bad going to work. But his false predictions about Colorado and how our state laws and budgets work, losing Federal money won’t have the DIRE consequences our Furor predicts. And that is a cold hard fact.
But I do know you don’t live in my district, there is a law against the homeless panhandling and sleeping outside.
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Keatonc333
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:34pmthat traffic comment was pretty funny.. What I am saying is that this will hurt districts that are already hurting.. and i no way can I see less police and teachers in struggling districts as a good thing.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:43pmKeatonic:
I know in our state, it is a constitutional law to balance our budgets every year. The states that are in trouble, put themselves there, and for the President to continue to say “Colorado, cutting Federal money is going to bankrupt your state and cause chaos”, it’s just a blatent LIE. And it torques me off when no one will call him on it. Where we will feel the hit is on our military bases and the Federal centers, not the local police, FD, and teachers. That is just a LIE.
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Keatonc333
Feb. 25, 2013 at 12:02amexcept many states budgets are intact dependent on government funds… about 4/5 of the country actually.. You cut that money that they need to continue to run as they do.. you better expect there to be cuts in public jobs.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Feb. 25, 2013 at 12:14amKeatonc:
I agree, but those states need a wake up call that if I don’t live in your state, don’t expect me to pay for your services. States need to be independent and if they can’t stand on their own, maybe they need to trim their spending habits, or raise taxes on their residents, don’t reach in my pocket. Like California, I lived there for 5 1/2 years, and I watched as they would constantly tax and spend, never cut. And recently they simply shut of the water to the farmers, caused almost 30% unemployment, and now cry that they don’t have enough tax money. That is like killing your milk cow because you want a cheeseburger, then gripe the next day that you don’t have any milk.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Feb. 25, 2013 at 12:15amKeatonc:
By the way, I am really enjoying the conversation, good debate. Thanks Dude.
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phil1765
Feb. 25, 2013 at 3:29amKeatonc333
Damn you are obnoxious, Darmok didn’t say 320 million people lived in his state you moron. Why do you insist on being such a tool?
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matinva
Feb. 25, 2013 at 5:01amKeaton doesn’t want to see any changes!! That way, every city in America can grow up to be just like Detroit. That’s just rich. I’ll bet Keaton thought ‘Cash for Clunkers’ was a great idea. Cost to taxpayers for every car traded in? $24,000.00. Yep, you liberals sure drive a hard bargain.
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Zipit
Feb. 25, 2013 at 8:35amLil-Keatty! DARMOK’s being way too nice to you! If you could be a bigger idiot than you are, then you would simply be a “bigger idiot”!
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S-O-B-E-R
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:48pmWhat lie did he just repeat, something about “manufactured crises”? But just for s**ts and giggles, I clicked on my state. I’m okay with this.
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Eastinfection
Feb. 25, 2013 at 6:55amI’m good with the cuts to my State, too.
Besides… any time POTUS and McCain agree on something means it’s Progressive Baloney.
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13th Imam
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:45pmpresident Sequestration
He Owns Sequestration
He built Sequestration
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RightThinking1
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:44pmThe MSM will continue to promote the hysteria…
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Advection
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:07pmI guarantee you that Obama will blame things that goes wrong in the next four years on sequestration, and he will blame sequestration on Republicans.
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UNALIEN
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:42pmObama owns the Sequester…
Jay Carney admits that Sequester was requested from the WH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fNBhue9OMTY
BOB WOODWARD sequester came form WH
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bob-woodward-obamas-sequester-deal-changer/2013/02/22/c0b65b5e-7ce1-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html
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Zipit
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:41pmWAH, WAH, Waaaah Waaaaaaaah Bwahahahahahaha!
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justasurvivor
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:40pmDon’t even have to look. We know it’s nothing but lies.
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justasurvivor
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:42pmOk, I looked. Good grief – if the entire $85 billion hit Texas alone, it wouldn’t do all that list says.
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averageman
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:45pmExactly. And if it IS true, bring it on already…I cant wait to see what happens when government has to spend .0001 % less.
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Advection
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:51pmObama actually claims US nuclear weapons will go unguarded if the federal government only spends $15 Billion more in 2013 than it did in 2012. The list is total BS.
Impeach the SOB. What are you waiting for, Boehner?
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Advection
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:56pmHer is the quote a out unattended nuclear weapons!
“29. Untended Nukes
Sequestration means less security at U.S. nuclear facilities, Energy Secretary Steven Chu wrote to the committee: “Our security posture at sites and facilities would be eroded due to project deferrals and workforce reassignments.” Sequestration would also “degrade the internal oversight function of DOE nuclear facilities and reduce the depth and frequency of audits and evaluations needed to ensure ongoing robust security operations,” Chu wrote. ”
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/57-terrible-consequences-sequester/story?id=18551994
Obama is a despicable liar, and every liberal who enables him is a fool.
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civilwarcometh
Feb. 24, 2013 at 11:05pmMcCain said obama must lead on the budget deal. LMAO they haven’t passed a budget in 4 years…Who is buying this crap…
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Timberline
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:40pmfear-monger in chief
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gyro
Feb. 24, 2013 at 10:39pmScare tactics
nothing more
!!!!!!!!!!!!! The sky is falling !!!!!!!!!!!!
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