A Real Non-Sequester

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A year and a half ago Congress passed and The President signed The Sequester. A motion that would allow for 1.2 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years (8.5 billion this year) if the US couldn't figure out a sound way to reduce the national deficit. These spending cuts are set to automatically start on March 1st 2013. The spending cuts in question were meant to be unappealing to both Democrats (Medical & Educational cuts) and Republicans (Military cuts) in an effort to push both sides to come up with a unanimous solution before the first of March. They have yet to do such a thing. Specifically the sequester will cut spending on: medical research, education budgets, military readiness, services to victims of domestic abuse, vaccines for children, food safety, queues at border crossings, airline travel and aviation security. While this may not be the end of the world, it could really devastate the living conditions in the US.

I feel that these spending cuts are going to greatly affect the way Americans are going to view their daily lives. Many optimists might say that they still have a  few days to come up with a solution and that in those few days this crisis will be averted. However that is simply wishful thinking. Very wishful thinking. If the two sides couldn't come up with a solution in a few years they probably wont come up with one in a few days. So these cuts are almost definitely going to be in place this Friday. While these cuts might help the deficit it really isn't worth the price of leaving kids vulnerable to viruses and leaving many without the means for a proper education. In addition the US spends so much that even after the cuts the deficit will still be increasing, it'll just be at a slower rate than before. With all this considered its not that hard to see why I'm not in favour of the Sequester.