8 Really Bad Things Congress Is About To Do

A lot of attention has been paid to the Pentagon cuts set to go into effect on Jan. 2, thanks to the failure of last year’s big deal deficit super-committee but it’s the domestic cuts we need to worry about.

With less than five months til D-Day, the AP takes the opportunity to dish out a cheery recommendation: No need to fear those $55 billion in cuts, because the matching $55 billion in domestic spending cuts will hit you much, much harder.

Here’s an unhappy peek at the possible consequences of the domestic cuts should the sequester come to pass:

Fewer air traffic controllers, which some say could lead to the closure of smaller airports

Fewer border guards and FBI agents

Cuts to park rangers at national parks could mean closed campgrounds and less access for visitors

Less meat might get inspected, and some meat plants could even be temporarily shuttered

Fewer people would get winter heating subsidies, and the National Weather Service would see cuts, too

Some 700,000 fewer low-income women and children would receive food aid

100,000 preschool kids would lose places in Head Start

More than 12,000 HIV-positive people would lose access to their antiviral drugs

Many thanks to the Associated Press for their contributions to this story.



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