With automatic spending cuts totaling $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years set to go into effect Friday, Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Deerfield) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) took to the floor of the House of Representatives Tuesday to urge action.
Schakowsky warned of a reduction of military preparedness, less ability for small businesses to find loans, a reduction of food inspectors, less airport security because of layoffs at the Transportation Safety Administration and a drop in money for mental health services.
“We’ve all been talking about the need for more mental health services around this whole issue of gun violence and it’s predicted about 373,000 adults and children who need mental health services won’t find them,” Schakowsky said.
Like Schakowsky, Schneider is worried about the negative impact the cuts will have on the middle class. He urged Republicans and Democrats to come together and find a solution.
“This is the opportunity to come together for both sides to roll up their sleeves and find a way forward,” Schneider said. “I know there’s common ground between the sides but it won’t be done unless together, Democrats and Republicans, get to the table and prevent the across the board irresponsible cuts.”
Take a look at the complete speeches both members of Congress made on the House floor join the discussion about a solution to this looming situation.
By Friday my team had developed the needed revised budgets. The federal government must demand the same from our federal agencies and departments.
Everyone has a right to protect themselves, and that includes Palestinians. I see Israel and America as bullies. The whole comment was tongue in cheek. If you want to know who I am, there are 70 or so blogs I've written for patch over the past year or so. I do use subtle, and not so subtle sarcasm, as well as a direct approach. One of my favorite Chicago bloggers is Stephen Lendman. His research on Israel and the US is thorough and his writing is excellent. Other than that, I recommend Chris Hedges and Amber Lyon, both who left major positions in the mainstream press because they have integrity. I don't go to the mainstream media for anything but to see how they are spinning a given story, as they're corporate owned and they have an agenda.
There are important differences between now and the New Deal. Quantitative Easing...QE, by the federal reserve threatens to destroy the dollar. Japan has joined the band wagon, and is also trying to print it's way out. Fighting deflation by printing will end up in hyper-inflation...just like Germany before Hitler came to "save the day." Monetary policy matters, just as it did in Germany, Rome and Zimbabwe. By the end of 2013, people will not know what hit them. I recommend kingworldnews.com for those wanting to understand it...but there's not much time left, sorry to say.
Why aren't the trillion dollar deficits working Ellen? How long will this have to go on before you admit it isn't working? One more time. How long will this failing economy have to go on before you admit that deficit spending doesn't improve the economy?
"Get a little sophisticated people and stop letting pseudo-facts and partisan politics rule your thinking." Everything you posted after that shrill opening was just that! No sale, thanks for playing; now go pen your partisan, economics-fact-free screed somewhere else.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/16223-why-ultra-conservatives-like-the-sequester
This opinion piece made me think however, about the true differences between progressives and conservatives. Conservatives believing they are morally right sounds a lot better than they're just being a**holes. If Americans could think about the true differences between the groups instead of the us vs. them mentality, maybe solutions between the two wouldn't be so difficult. I do find it hard to believe though, that all of the conservative politicians are doing what they do for moral purposes. There's just too much money in their own pockets at stake.
Also, I will say that I don't want Obama to fail, but I do want his policies to fail. Of course it would be best if his policies are/were not implemented to begin with, but that is too much to ask for. Hmmm, even Donna Brasile called her health care provider to find out why her insurance rates went up so much. Want to know why? Obamacare--it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. Of course the Republicans do not want the country to be in ruins, but that is the direction Mr. Obama is taking us with his lock-step march into socialism. Yes, I want to see those policies fail too.
Thanks, Marcia Sagendorph Associate Regional Editor