Sequester: Job Losses, Spending Freezes May Hit Florida Hard
As the deadline looms for $85 billion in federal spending cuts to kick in, take a look at what impacts might be felt in New Port Richey and Florida as a whole.
While politicians in Washington, D.C., continue a blame game over who is responsible for the $85 billion in federal spending cuts that automatically kick in this Friday, March 1, if action isn’t taken, state and local politicians are sounding off about the cuts and what they could mean to New Port Richey and Florida as a whole. State Sen. John Legg, R-Lutz, says the cuts on the federal level could cause Florida to have to freeze spending in some areas. If the sequester kicks in with across-the-board federal spending cuts, “Florida must immediately look at all our core services and find a way to freeze all other spending until rational minds prevail,” Legg said. Even so, Legg hopes a last-minute fix will be found. “It is my hope that …
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Jason Smith
12:19 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
"Until Rational minds Prevail" is right Mr. Legg...this is crazy. Florida is already hurting as it is because of crazy ideological laws that strangle state and local governments from raising revenue. The unfortunate and hypocritical part of this is that Republicans who run our state helped put into power the congress causing this sequester. The party of "we hate government" and "make government … more ›