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bigapple1963

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Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 12:53 PM

Jan 2013

isn't this true of any budget cut of 10% for the discretionary non-military half of the sequester? Cuts are going to hurt anywhere. How does one judge where's the best place to cut 10% vs anywhere else? If some places are cut less than 10%, other places might have to be cut more to make up for it.

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"A 10% Cut from the NIH Budget (the so-called sequester) Would Save 0.008% of Federal Budget"! [View all] grahamhgreen Jan 2013 OP

but bigapple1963 Jan 2013 #1

cut military Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #3

under the sequester bigapple1963 Jan 2013 #4

dollar amounts or percentage?? Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #5

in percentage terms bigapple1963 Jan 2013 #6

The place that has the bloated budget with the smallest multiplier effect is the military grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #7

cut Congressional pay by 25% Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #2