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White House details ‘destructive’ defense & medicare spending cuts
Topic Started: September 14, 2012, 6:36 pm (469 Views)
Blessedx4
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White House details ‘destructive’ spending cuts

By Stephen Dinan- The Washington Times
Friday, September 14, 2012
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With excruciating detail, the White House’s budget office on Friday laid out exactly where it will have to cut $109 billion from federal spending in January, including $11.1 billion from Medicare and $54.7 billion from defense spending.

The defense cuts include $21.5 billion from operations and maintenance for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines and the reserves and National Guard, and nearly $1.4 billion from military aide to Afghanistan, with tens of billions coming from procurement and other Pentagon accounts.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/14/white-house-details-deep-spending-cuts/


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I wonder how much could be saved if they cut down the wasteful spending, and perhaps took a *gasp!* pay cut?
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Sequester would cut $11 billion from Medicare
By Sam Baker - 09/14/12 04:39 PM ET
Sequestration would cut $11 billion from Medicare and take millions of dollars away from Affordable Care Act implementation programs.
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The Obama administration released its highly anticipated report Friday on the effects of sequestration — a blunt-force budget-cutting tool that Congress created when it raised the country's debt ceiling.

The sequester would make deep cuts to defense spending as well as domestic programs. Medicare payments to doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers would take an across-the-board 2 percent cut. That would come out to roughly $11 billion, according to the administration's report.
To read more > http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/medicare/249629-sequester-would-cut-11-billion-from-medicare




Obama Cuts $2 Million from Protection of Foreign Missions, $129 Million form Embassy Security
2:37 PM, Sep 14, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER
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Obama's Sequestration Plan Would Cut $1.084 Billion From The State Department's Diplomatic And Consular Program, Including $2 Million For The Protection Of Foreign Missions And Officials, And $129 Million For Embassy Security, Construction, And Maintenance. ("OMB Report Pursuant To The Sequestration Transparency Act Of 2012," Office Of Management And Budget, pp. 135-136, 9/14/12)
To read more > http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-cuts-2-million-protection-foreign-missions-129-million-form-embassy-security_652355.html
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Imho if you have family in the military, family in diplomatic service overseas - you should be concerned. (I do- my nephew is in Afghanistan- a friend of my older two sons was over there as well)
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