The Discretion of the President to Plan Cuts Under Debate

The Discretion of the President to Plan Cuts Under Debate

President Barack Obama has been pretty vocal about the effect that automatic budget cuts are going to have. These warnings are getting increasingly ominous from the President and the Congressional Republicans are preparing to counter these warnings as far as possible. Basically the Congressional Republicans are looking to aid the administration with more flexibility and that too in instituting the 85 billion dollars worth of cuts. They believe and have said that this one proposal could actually serve the vital purpose of shielding the most important programs. This should be done while the political fallout is shifted to the White House.

English: In January 2009, President of the Uni...
English: In January 2009, President of the United States of America, George W. Bush invited then President-Elect Barack Obama and former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter for a Meeting and Lunch at The White House. Photo taken in the Oval Office at The White House. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This plan is undoubtedly facing extreme opposition from the administration. The administration has declared that it isn’t really planning to do much to soften the blows that have come upon the domestic and military programs. However, what’s worth the consideration is the fact that this is leading to apparent racks in the Democrats’ camp. This is essentially because it’s the lawmakers from the states who’re literally standing face to face with the deepest cuts. Now, this obviously goes on to say much as there are high chances that the Democrats might also be prepared to go along with the Republicans, simply so that they can manage to avoid arbitrary cuts to military programs as well as social services.

With the nation reeling under debt and that’s easily reflected with the increasing number of sign ups for programs like online debt consolidation, this political turmoil over the cuts seems literally unwanted. There’s hardly much time left until “sequestration” makes its way. Basically, the across the board cuts also known as sequestration have been scheduled to commence. It’s not surprising that the administration officials are not taking to this favorably and they’re still talking about the consequences to come in alarming terms. This is in spite of the fact that there was hardly any evidence of hardcore negotiations with the lawmakers such that a deal could be reached to avoid them altogether.

In spite of all this, a South Carolina Republican, Senator Lindsay Graham gave the impression of advancing the debate on Monday. He being a leading defense hawk expressed that this is actually the ideal opportunity to carry out the big deal. He said that he was willing to raise revenue of around 600 billion dollars provided the Democrats would be willing to reform entitlements. He believes that they can then fix sequestration together.

The secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano expressed that the automatic cuts would leave the country not so very well guarded. In fact, she also believes that this can actually leave the nation ill-equipped to meet terrorist threats. This is obviously going to turn into an inconvenience for millions of travelers too. There came further warnings from the interior secretary, Ken Salazar. He warned about campgrounds closing down and firefighting efforts being scaled back. He also spoke about lesser seasonal workers who’ll be hired.

Ms. Napolitano opines that there’s always a threat looming large. Though they plan to do everything they can to minimize the risk involved, yet it’s a fact that the sequester makes things really very tough.

It’s a known fact that efforts are being made to shift the responsibility completely to President Barack Obama and to cushion the attacks by the White House. Now, what’s important is the fact that Republicans were supposed to unveil legislation on Tuesday and they said that this would literally alleviate their biggest concerns. This measure is supposed to be effective because it’ll allow for agencies and departments to amass programs that had long since been proved to be ineffective. This is almost like a measure to prove that there were functions like say critic federal functions as well as air traffic control and meat inspection that had been spared.

Now, if the Congress happens to grant the White House the authority to protect the air traffic controllers and other such patrol agents, then the administration’s carefully devised plan is bound to lose impetus.

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