It's a huge argument in Washington right now. The military contractors are pulling out the stops to try to prevent minimal cuts to the Pentagon budget.
For example: *INSIDE TODAY'S POLITICO: 'LAYOFF THREATS PUT CONGRESS ON NOTICE' --***** Facing economic uncertainty, defense contractors are plotting to spur Congress to nix sequestration. The plan? Threaten to send out layoff notices -- hundreds of thousands of them, right before Election Day.**** Congress, industry leaders contend, has left them few options. Federal law, they say, requires employers to give notice of 60 days to workers facing layoffs. For President Barack Obama and congressional incumbents, the timing couldn't be worse. With the automatic defense cuts set to begin taking effect on Jan. 2, the layoff notices would have to be sent out by Nov. 2 -- four days before this fall's elections.**** "If it really did happen, if hundreds of thousands of layoff notices went out right before the election, it could hurt incumbents -- mainly, the president," said Todd Harrison, a defense expert at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Read our full story here: http://politi.co/LLiG1k<http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=df79175e22f32172657a7e4608431ce6d553c1c6d25df655d385a9968f30bca6> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 2:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Look, I'm sure Dachau created jobs too. Is this any kind of argument? > > Joanna > > ------------------------------ > video and interview > > > http://truth-out.org/news/item/9770-will-military-budget-cuts-weaken-defence-and-lose-jobs > > -- > Robert Naiman > Policy Director > Just Foreign Policy > www.justforeignpolicy.org > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected]
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