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SEQUESTRATION’SDIRTY SECRETS
Jo ComerfordExecutive Director
National Priorities Project
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[Very] random survey
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Question:
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Question:“What is
sequestration?”
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The answers
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Conclusion:
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Conclusion:The majority of
Americans have no idea
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Think…
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Think…Madonna in
Desperately Seeking Susan
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Sequestration:
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Sequestration:A bludgeon when we needed a calculator
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Doing the same thing over and over again and
expecting different results
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[IMAGE: basic 2013 budget pie with
mandatory, discretionary and
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Property tax hikes,
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Property tax hikes,Budget overrides,
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Property tax hikes,Budget overrides,
School fees,
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Property tax hikes,Budget overrides,
School fees,Toll roads,
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Property tax hikes,Budget overrides,
School fees,Toll roads,
Increased waste disposal fees,
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Property tax hikes,Budget overrides,
School fees,Toll roads,
Increased waste disposal fees,
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Giving up the cat
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Giving up the catwon’t be enough.
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Fifty Years of Federal Spendingand Tax Revenue(as percent of GDP)
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Fifty Years of Federal Spendingand Tax Revenue(as percent of GDP)
[IMAGE: just want the tax revenue, not the
spending]
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[IMAGE: corporate andindividual tax chart]
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Federal Budget
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You and me
Federal Budget
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You and me
Federal Budget
Massachusetts State Budget
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You and me Businesses
Federal Budget
Massachusetts State Budget Cities & Towns
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“Sequestration is madness,” she
wrote. “We should be out in the
streets.”
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SEQUESTRATION’SDIRTY SECRETS
Jo ComerfordExecutive Director
National Priorities Project
nationalpriorities.org
Wednesday, March 6, 13