What’s ‘Sequestration’ Mean in Real Life? | Common Dreams
"With politicians and pundits throwing around words like “sequestration” and debating the arcana of federal budgeting, it can be tough to grasp what’s at stake for real people and their communities. It doesn’t help when some in the debate are deliberately confusing the matter. But let’s be clear: The $1.1 trillion in automatic spending cuts that are set to begin next week constitute a nuclear bomb that’s poised to go off in communities of color."
