reuters.com has a “Sequestration solution for the Pentagon” today, by Benjamin Friedman….revealing that there are 2 different options for the DOD sequester….for the “share” of CINO (cuts in name only) from the Pentagon, a total in FY2013 of $42.5 Billion.-Legislation can change the method after it begins on the “soft” deadline of 3/1/13, if started before the March 27 funding expiration date. The Pentagon can use other funds to delay the “cuts” until later in the year. -Option One= the arbitrary 2% slash of all accounts.Option Two= Use spending caps, using priority choices, for the next 10 years. The War budget is untouched.-Michelle Malvin has an interesting article at NRO (www.nationalrview.com) 2/27/13 “Sequester Jesters” which i enjoyed reading. She exposes a false claim made by the White House…the “drastic cuts” would lose $2 Million from the $20 million budget of the National Drug Intelligence Center! The problem is, for Obama, that, " as Reason magazine’s Mike Riggs points out, the NDIC shut down June 2012, with some responsibilities absorbec by DEA."-I estimate there is not one ounce of “credibility” left for Obama.
reuters.com has a “Sequestration solution for the Pentagon” today, by Benjamin Friedman….revealing that there are 2 different options for the DOD sequester….for the “share” of CINO (cuts in name only) from the Pentagon, a total in FY2013 of $42.5 Billion.-Legislation can change the method after it begins on the “soft” deadline of 3/1/13, if started before the March 27 funding expiration date. The Pentagon can use other funds to delay the “cuts” until later in the year. -Option One= the arbitrary 2% slash of all accounts.Option Two= Use spending caps, using priority choices, for the next 10 years. The War budget is untouched.-Michelle Malvin has an interesting article at NRO (www.nationalrview.com) 2/27/13 “Sequester Jesters” which i enjoyed reading. She exposes a false claim made by the White House…the “drastic cuts” would lose $2 Million from the $20 million budget of the National Drug Intelligence Center! The problem is, for Obama, that, " as Reason magazine’s Mike Riggs points out, the NDIC shut down June 2012, with some responsibilities absorbec by DEA."-I estimate there is not one ounce of “credibility” left for Obama.