THE SEQUESTER THREAD!!! NO DEAL!!! US Navy Announces Brutal And 'Deeply Regrettable' Cuts!!!

When I was living in Russia, we had sequesters every year and very high hyperinflation, and finally a default. Nothing bad happened. US government should stop whining and start doing something really useful instead. Bring on hyperinflation, sequester and default. Capitalism needs a boost to restart. Socialism/communism does not work.

End all unemployment checks after 26 weeks; and, give a tax break (deduction/credit) to persons resolving not to procreate........

It's likely that I'll lose my job. I'll eat my college degree, change my name and go rogue. Fuck everything.

I'll eat my college degree, change my name and go rogue. Fuck everything.

You should have eaten it the day Obama was elected.

Sequestration Will Wreak Chaos On U.S. Federal Prisons Sequestration will hit each and every aspect of the U.S. government, but for the Bureau of Prisons, the impact could be horrifying.

According to the Attorney General's office, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) will have to handle a rising number of inmates with a major budget reduction, a cut of $338 million.

And while other agencies can find ways to do more with less — for example, by reducing procurement, enacting hiring freezes or cutting services — BOP has to maintain constant security at federal prisons around the country with even less money. The solutions will not be pretty.

In an email to Business Insider, a spokesperson from the Department of Justice said that they are "acutely concerned about staff and inmate safety should sequestration occur."

The Department indicated that it may at times maintain a minimum level of staff for security purposes, and that lock-downs may be required.

The Bureau oversees 188 facilities and contracts 16 facilities out to private prison companies. Currently, there is a grand total of 217,249 inmates in the federal prison system, a number BOP expects to rise to 229,300 by the end of 2013. In 2012, the BOP had a budget of $6.6 billion, with 41,310 employees. Correctional officers make up around half of the staff, with 19,756 employees in 2012.

According to DOJ, the sequester budget cuts will result in 5 percent reduction in the Bureau's workforce, which will be achieved by freezing future hiring and furloughing 36,700 staff for an average of 12 days. This means that almost every employee will have to go home without pay for some time, leaving BOP to function at unnecessarily low security levels.

Attorney General Eric Holder indicated that this reduction in force would endanger the lives of staff and inmates.

According to the Attorney General, the BOP will have to implement full or partial lock downs across the board. In a letter to Senate Appropriations Chair Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Holder said "This would leave inmates idle, increasing the likelihood of inmate misconduct, violence, and other risks to correctional workers and inmates."

Complicating all of this is the fact that the federal prison system is already severely overcapacity.


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getting worse, because all Obama is doing is spreading fear to everyone, to make the republicans look bad. Crap politics, these people all need to go, both repubs and dems.

getting worse, because all Obama is doing is spreading fear to everyone, to make the republicans look bad. Crap politics, these people all need to go, both repubs and dems.

This thread stinks of FEAR.

Most likely the case. However, if I lose my job there is no way in hell I will allow the government to give me shit. Dependency is for the slaves. I'll die of starvation before I Give in.

The Sequester will save America.

The Sequester will save America.

I think it's time to discuss this seriously... March is near!