Are you Worried the Sequester Will Affect You?
Massachusetts is chock full of defense contractors, federal employees and federal program beneficiaries. Are you worried the U.S. budget sequester will hurt your family's finances?
The U.S. government has a week before its self-imposed sequestration deadline. If enacted, the across-the-board cuts to the federal budget could mean layoffs, decreased aid and lower government spending. That could mean trouble for some popular government programs, such as Social Security and Medicare. Defense contractors are also preparing for lost and reduced contracts with the government. Locally, it could also doom smaller programs that have a big impact. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps families in need pay for home heating oil and other energy costs. Massachusetts stands to lose over $11 million in assistance under this one program alone. Representatives Ed Markey and Jim McGovern are trying to shield …
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5:48 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
We send representatives to Washington to accomplish our objectives. For this we give them over $16trillion. Since they have not even budgeted the distribution of those dollars (our had earned dollars), they have effectively done nothig for fivw years. If I did that, I would be fired in a lot less than five years. We treat them like royalty, not like our employees. Let's get some useful work out … more ›