Washington, D.C., may be the hub of the federal workforce, but Minnesota has tens of thousands of federal employees and retirees who could be hurt by the looming sequestration crisis.
If the president and Congress can’t strike a deal by Friday would automatically kick in. That would force more than a million federal employees to take unpaid leave, according to the Washington Post.
Minnesota, alone, has about 59,000 federal employees and retirees. Hennepin County accounts for 16,780 of that total, or about 28 percent. Most of those are federal retirees or Veterans Affairs and Postal Service employees.
Use the table above to see how many federal employees and retirees Minnesota’s counties have. Just use the search box to select the county you’d like to see then click on “Details” in the results to see which agencies they work for.
When you’re done, share your thoughts in the comments section below about how you think the sequestration could affect your community.
At no time during the four years in office has Obama cut the waste: Dept of Education, Dept of Housing, Dept of Agriculture (and its subsidies), and the Dept. of Commerce. By eliminating these unneeded and unwanted Cabinet Departments, a huge dent in the national deficit could be obtained immediately.
Government Spending Does Not Create Jobs - and Government Lack of Spending Cannot Cut Jobs. As for cutting waste - again agreed - however all spending starts in the House which the Republicans control and they are free to put forth whatever very specific spending proposals they want - no reason to wait for the over spending, spineless, liberals to cut spending - Conservatives have it in their power to propose big and specific cuts - they could simply put the programs and dollar amounts to cut on a white board and hold a press conference so the American people - well Real Americans - could rally behind them and force the Democrats hand.
So are major tax increases on the wealthiest Americans. Capital gains taxes are the best place to start. Many people have way more than they need to live well. That would be OK in a world where resources are infinite but we don't live in that world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM
If we can’t stomach modest cuts that would lower federal spending by a mere 0.3% per year out of a current federal budget of $3.6 trillion, then we might as well signal to the whole world that we have no serious intention of dealing with our debt problem. If we are going to wet our proverbial pants over 0.3% in annual spending cuts when we’re running up trillion dollar annual deficits, then we’re done. Put a fork in us. We’re finished. We’re going to default eventually and that’s why the feds are stockpiling bullets in case of civil unrest.