Having read the report last night, it is the biggest bunch of you know what. None of this would happen and none of this has ever happened when the Government has shut down things.

Just more scare tactics from the current administration as usual, who think people are ignorant. Never has a single program or employee lost money on any Government shut down they have had in the last 60 years.

Why you may ask? Because they do it at the beginning of the pay period and never go past that 2 week pay period so there is no lose in pay for all this scare tactics. Also all essential services continue to run period. These numbers are lies plain and simple.

All these entities especially the Defense Department have their budget in place already till October the end of the fiscal year, they will not have money lost nor will any other entity until then. Those are the facts. I know because I was working for the Federal Government at one point or another, during every shut down that happened between 1974 and 2006. So there!!! lol.

The main problem with this administration letter is that it is nothing more than a propaganda campaign to brainwash people into thinking they are saviors of some kind, by lying though their teeth about something that will never happen in any way shape of form on this Sequester poop thing that Obama created plain and simple. It was his idea and no-one else is to blame for such a stupid idea but his administration.

This type of political game has been played many times and has never worked and never will in my opinion. Same old football game different players is all.

HR 5652 - Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012 - Voting Record
http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/39857#.USwR_TDU_Tp

The bill passed on May 10 by a vote of 218-199
Republicans 218 for 16 against
Democrats 0 for 183 against

Then of course there is this Ray.

By JENNIFER EPSTEIN |
8/7/12 2:50 PM EDT

President Obama on Tuesday signed the Sequestration Transparency Act, which requires his administration to detail just how painful the sequester's cut will be.

"Congress must act to avoid these devastating cuts & ask wealthiest to pay fair share," White House deputy press secretary Amy Brundage wrote on Twitter, announcing the president's signature.

Obama had until Wednesday to sign the bill, which passed the Senate by unanimous consent and cleared the House in a 414-2 vote. The Obama administration must lay out specifics about the $1.2 trillion in cuts to domestic and defense programs that will take place at the start of 2013 if Congress is unable to agree on another deficit-reduction plan before the end of the year.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/08/obama-signs-sequestration-transparency-act-131356.html

Notice who in the final bill makes the choices. (Obama) Notice the Vote (Unanimous Consent in the Senate and house 412 yea 2 nea) Sound Bi-partisian to you. Sure does to me. ;-}

Jack, I didn't blame anyone, or claim that it was made into law. I just posted a link showing who voted for it and who voted against it

Jack, could you clarify

Is it, as you said " It was his idea and no-one else is to blame for such a stupid idea but his administration."

Or is it as you said "Sound Bi-partisian to you. Sure does to me"

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Seems pretty clear to me. It was passed by a bi-partisian vote and the bill itself gave Obama all the rope he needs to take the blame eventially on every cut, so both sides of the aisle can blame him in 2014. Plain and simple to me on that. Thats why the vote was over whelming, leaving the cuts to Obama and him alone.

Look at his scare tactics the last week well he tours the Country trying to scare people. Do you know that all those cuts add up to 85Billion and that we spend 85Billion every 28 days. It means nothing. It will take place after the 1st of the month and at the end of a pay period like it always has. That way there is no interruption money to SS,Medicare, or anything else.

Only cost are that lay off notices or furloughs must be processed that they may happen is all. I recieved those notices 14 times in my life and not once did I lose money or have my pay effected at all. The Government system is set up to avoid all that period.

Again my Problem is scaring people who do not know how the system works for nothing. It is dispicable to me Obama is doing that as are many politicians on both sides, just plain shamefull.

PS; The reason it was done by unanimus concent for the senate in my opinion was so they would not have to show how those up for re-election in 2014, how they voted since many of the DEMS are up in States with military contractors or bases. Would no bode well for them having a vote to approve using the military as a football or entitlement services disruption even if it won't happen.

Doesn't really apply to the GOP since they are totally demonized on entitlements but not defense, though people are trying lol.

Government worker unemployment has been at 4.2% or less since the crash. The $831 billion in stimulus spending went to keep government workers in their jobs while the rest of the country had to deal with the lousy economy. Everyone has to pay it back though.

The sequester would be the best thing that could happen to the country.