Sequestration in Montgomery County
Sequestration: A Cut for Montco's Seniors
Part Two of a Four-Part Series: How budget cuts may impact local senior citizens.
Another 24 hours is lost, and Congress has yet to agree on a plan that would stop sequestration. The automated budget cuts will deliver a hit to Montgomery County programs, including those designed to assist area senior citizens. In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, House Speaker John Boehner said the cuts would be a product of Obama's "failed leadership." "Most Americans are just hearing about this Washington creation for the first time: the sequester," Boehner writes in his column. "What they might not realize from Mr. Obama's statements is that it is a product of the president's own failed leadership. There is nothing wrong with cutting spending that much -- we should be cutting even more -- but the sequester is an ugly and dangerous …
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NC Tramontina
10:24 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013
Who's fault is it? Who cares? This fighting is not fixing of our problems. Its a cover for the immaturity and incompetence of our elected officials. ALL OF THEM. The point is we have daunting problems facing our country and NOBODY has the guts, brains, or leadership qualifications to effectively address them so, we keep doing the same things over and over again hoping for a different outcome. Isn… more ›