What will get cut if sequestration happens? Obama told us today. (unemployment rate, FBI)

[Little-Acorn]

Got out the old calculator this morning, after Obama's speech telling us the horrendous things that would happen to us if sequestration happens as planned. And I found some interesting things.

Federal spending has risen 28% from 2008 to 2011 (from $2.98T to $3.82T, according to the Statistical Abstract of the United States, published by the U.S. Govt).

It has gone up an average of more than 9% every year. And that's despite the worst recession since the Great Depression.

Now sequestration is coming (automatic cutbacks in spending), which might reduce next year's planned spending by $85 billion. That's about 2.2%.

A SPENDING CUT THAT ISN'T A CUT

And in case you were wondering, that doesn't mean we will spend 2.2% less next year, than this year.

Nope, it means that if we had an average increase planned for next year of 9%, this means we will increase spending by 7% instead of 9%.

What will this 7% increase in next year's Federal govt spending, do?

THE TERRIBLE THINGS TO COME

President Obama gave a speech this morning, where he told us what the coming 7% increase in spending as a result of sequestration, will do. He said:

* It will jepoardize our military readiness.
* It will eviscerate job-creating investments in education and energy and medical research.
* Emergency responders ability to help communities respond to and help people in disasters, will be degraded.
* Border patrol agents will have their hours reduced.
* FBI agents will be furloughed.
* Federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go.
* Air Traffic Controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, resulting in delays and problems.
* Thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off.
* Tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids.
* Hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care.
* The threat of these "cuts" has forced the Navy to delay the deployment of an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf.
* It will add hundreds of thousands of Americans to the unemployment rolls.
* People will lose their jobs.
*The unemployment rate will tick up again.

And that's the result of a 7% increase. It's what will happen, according to Obama, if spending goes up by 7% instead of the average of 9%.

QUESTIONS OBAMA DIDN'T ANSWER

My questions are:

1.) If all these things will happen if we get a 7% increase in spending next year, then why didn't they ALREADY happen, this year before we get any increase at all?

2.) Mr. Obama, if we were accomplishing all that stuff this year with just 2.2% of the Federal budget, which will now face cuts and/or elimination next year due to sequestration... what on earth have we been spending the other 97.8% on???

[parfleche]

He left out baby seals will die. freaking fear monger the whole thing is his idea so he could make this stupid threat. I could care less our Marshall,fire dept,and every thing else will still be here. Keep your obama money.