What the President said a few weeks ago to scare the American People (the second part of the clip):
Emergency responders, like the ones who are here today, their ability to help communities respond to and recover from disasters will be degraded. Border Patrol agents will see 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, which means more delays in airports across the country. 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 like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings. This is not an abstraction. People will lose their jobs. The unemployment rate might tick up again.
Sounds pretty bad, doesn't it? End of the World type stuff. Act now, or we'll all die!
Here's Obama last night:
This is not a cliff, but it is a tumble downward. It's conceivable that in the first week, the first two weeks, first three weeks, first month, a lot of people may not notice the full impact of the sequester. But this is going to be a big hit on the economy.
Moving the goalposts. The worst thing that can happen to this Administration in regards to the sequester?
If The People don't notice the cuts, they might be open to even more cuts to unneeded services to lower their taxes.
How brazen of The People to want to keep more of their hard-earned money.
