Conservative Republican Congressman Tom Price, who wants to be Georgia's next U.S. senator, says the sequester will be all peaches and cream'but that Americans will blame it on President Obama. Notwithstanding Price's hamfisted effort to have it both ways, the reality is that Georgia actually will feel pain from the sequester, unless Congress acts. According to the White House, which is detailing state-by-state impacts of the sequester in an effort to encourage Republicans to return to the Grand Bargain negotiating table, here's some of the lowlights of what the sequester will mean for Georgia:
- Nearly 40,000 civilian defense employees will be furloughed
- Nearly 2,000 kids will be booted from Head Start
- Nearly 400 teachers could lose their jobs
- Nearly $5 million in funding cuts for clean air and water as well as fish and wildlife protection
But Republicans like Tom Price aren't worried about screwing over their states, because they think it's not that big a deal, and President Obama will get blamed anyway. For a complete list, head below the fold.
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