What is sequestration

What is sequestration? The cuts are: anticipated to be split evenly between defense and domestic spending over a 10 year period. $1.2 trillion in cuts will be made from March 1st 2013. There will be a greater impact on the non-defense programs because their overall budget is smaller when compared to the defense budget. Where will it be felt the most? * "furlough" Up to 3.8 million people will receive 9.4 percent less from their emergency unemployment benefits is a temporary unpaid leave of some employees due to special needs of a company FLIGHT DELAYED The 2 million people that fly each day in the US could face delays when 47,000 employees are furloughed* from the FFA and the staff is reduced at the TSA. Emergency housing and shelters will be cut potentially putting 100,000 people on the streets. 373,000 mentally ill patients could lose health funding, putting them in hospitals long-term or without a home. Hey Y'all I got a disease... IM A BABY HELP ME! Diseased Livestock? The Special Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children could leave The probability of this increases as disease prevention and response to outbreaks decreases. 600,000 without help. 424,000 The Center for Disease Control will reduce HIV tests by 424,000. Yikes! Cuts in funding to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could lead to major increases in forecast errors and fewer weather warnings. More of a reason to "blame it on the weather man/woman" Furlough days and reduced staff in the Bureau of Prisons will risk safety for staff and the 218,000+ inmates which could lead to full or partial lockdowns system wide. Meanwhile... About the prisons SPONSORED by YOUR LOCAL PRISON Although the prison systems are "struggling", a private company that runs numerous prisons made enough money to put its name on a stadium. $115 billion dollars was wasted by the government in 2011 from billing mistakes. 2,362 people in 2009 received unemployment benefits despite making $1 million or more annually ."the sequestration itself was never intended to be implemented," but rather was meant to "force Congress to act on further deficit reduction [and] drive both sides to compromise. Office of Management and Budget Clearly that has not yet been the case as partisanship is alive and well in D.C. on the topic of spending cuts and sequestration. Š planwise An Infographic by OLLARS