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Angleae

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7. Problem is that cutting any of those programs would not have an immediate financial effect.

Reply to unhappycamper (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 10:44 PM

Mar 2013

Due to the fact that all those purchases are in written contracts, it would be a year or two at a minimum before any savings would be seen. Sequestration requires budget cuts immediately.

PS: LCS doesn't have a 5" gun, just the bofors 57mm.

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Budget cuts to hit military school districts first [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2013 OP

DOD Cuts 4Q2u2 Mar 2013 #1

Well, 'defense' contractors have been extracting ever larger $$$ for 'stuff' for the last unhappycamper Mar 2013 #2

We knew 4Q2u2 Mar 2013 #3

Sequestration was created to be painful when the Super Committee could not agree unhappycamper Mar 2013 #4

I also did read 4Q2u2 Mar 2013 #5

Problem is that cutting any of those programs would not have an immediate financial effect. Angleae Mar 2013 #7

IMPACT AID is a HUGE deal--it puts a ton of money into local economies. MADem Mar 2013 #6