According to an article in the Los Angeles Times on March 2, 2013, The pain of $85 billion in across-the-board cuts will kick in next month. Agencies will be forced to order air traffic controllers, food inspectors, prosecutors, janitors and other federal workers to take one or two days of unpaid leave for every two-week pay period.As many as 100 airports with fewer than 150,000 landings and takeoffs a year, such as Santa Monica Airport, are being threatened with closures of the air traffic control towers.
Press Release
March 6, 2013
For Immediate Realease
Hawthorne, Ca
It is no surprise that the United States is in a recession. We see it everywhere whether its higher gas prices or the sudden increase of a burger at your favorite burger joint. Whatever the case may be, it is evident and an unfortunate reality. The 85 billion in budget cuts will not be felt immediately but will definitely be felt over time. A decrease in jobs, decrease in wages, decrease in the amount of raises one may receive, or an increase in pay cuts. These will all be a common theme throughout this sequential effort to restore the political and economic reality we are faced with.
As an article from the Los Angeles times stated, the greatest hit will be to the defense budget, which would see spending for 2013 cut 7.9%. On the other hand, Non-defense spending would be reduced 4.6%. The 7.9% budget cut to military spending amounts to the billions with other effected areas of the economy such as Medicare and school grants adding to the load. As the president of United States, Barack Obama, stated, “Starting tomorrow, everybody here, all the folks who are cleaning the floors at the Capitol ... they're going to have less pay, the janitors, the security guards. They just got a pay cut, and they've got to figure out how to manage that, that’s real." Obama later goes on to blame the Republican Party for such harsh measures by stating that," they chose the steep cuts rather than agree to compromise. He insisted the only way to avert the cuts was a package that combined reduced spending with new revenues from higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations." Republicans on the other hand argued back by stating later in the article that Republicans had already agreed on higher taxes to avoid the fiscal year situation and should thus focus on spending done in Washington. Whatever the situation maybe, it is obvious that an agreement must be made sooner than later in order to avoid a potential government shutdown.
My name is Giovanni Anthony Navas and I am a junior at California State University Northridge. For my report writing class, I am researching the United States Budget Deficit as well as the cuts that go along with it. I have gathered information using the California State University Library Database and have used the Pro Quest Search engine. To read the full article in the Los Angeles Times, visit
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