Scott Walker sees little Wisconsin impact from federal cuts. (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 2/24/2013)
Not for him, anyway.
White House outlines sequester effects on Wisconsin. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2/24/2013)
Losses in federal funding to Wisconsin include
- $8.5 million in federal aid for elementary and secondary education (120 jobs at risk)
- $10.1 million for 120 special education teachers and other staff
- Cuts to Head Start programs in the state would pare 900 children from the program
- $12.4 million in pay to civilian military employees through unpaid furloughs
- $1 million in Army base funding.
- $1.4 million for substance abuse grants, cutting service to about 2,600 people
- $543,000 in cuts for preparedness for public health threats
- $173,000 cut from immunization programs for children
- $3.9 million in aid for antipollution programs. The state might lose
- $1.5 million, possibly, in state grants for fish and wildlife protection
- $653,000 from senior meal programs.
Not to mention......
- Major delays at airports due to
- furloughs to security screeners,
- layoffs of large numbers of air traffic controllers,
- Closures of national parks,
- Reductions of 9.4% in unemployment benefits
- Cuts in aid for the homeless and those with serious mental illness.
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