A Smaller Government: Risks, Rewards, Reform
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2012-07-30/smaller-government-risks-rewards-reform
Agreed to last summer by Congress and called "sequestration," more than $100 billion in automatic federal budget cuts are scheduled to go into effect beginning January 2013. As a result, federal employees, government contractors (defense and otherwise), local officials and others are being forced to consider best and worst-case scenarios of "smaller government" and dramatically reduced federal spending. Join Kojo to explore what we know and don't know about the cuts, the anticipatory planning underway across various different sectors in our community, how you will be affected (even if you are not a federal worker or contractor) and whether our region is prepared for this reality -- emotionally and financially -- going forward.
Guests
Robert Levinson
Defense Analyst, Bloomberg Government
Max Stier
President and CEO, Partnership for Public Service
Colleen Kelley
President, National Treasury Employees Union
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Americans are living the Reagan legacy, which is based upon three monstrous lies that have been so thoroughly integrated into the American mindset that they are canon:
1) Government is your enemy;
2) Give rich people your money and they'll give it back to you; and,
3) You can have the best infrastructure in the world without paying for it.
Sad, isn't it?
A question for your guests, what do you explain to citizens outside the area, that multiple counties surrounding Washington DC are amungest the wealthest counties in the country - all dependent on federal government spending? It would appear that their is some fat to cut.