Exapnd to see the impact of sequestration.
It's due to go into effect this Friday, March 1, if Congress doesn’t reach a compromise first.
Defense programs take up well over 50 percent of the discretionary budget:
The sequester’s bite will have a greater impact on the smaller pieces.
More cuts to nutrition programs for women and children, Head Start programs, and housing assistance will devastate communities that are already underfunded. (Expand the infographic above to see how.)
Meanwhile...
It is full of waste (like the F-35, the "plane that ate the national budget"), and can easily sustain cuts. In fact, the Pentagon had $100 billion leftover from last year’s budget that it didn't manage to spend!
The sequester is not a crisis for the Pentagon:
The sequester represents the first cuts to the Pentagon budget in over a decade.
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