Politics & Government

Speak Out: Whom Do You Blame for Sequestration?

As across the board cuts loom, everyone seems to be blaming everyone else.

The automatic cuts in defense and other federal government spending — put in place by Congress through the suggestion of the Obama Administration to find more balanced ways to trim the pork in Washington — will kick in March 1, unless something is done sooner. 

The White House released a statement Sunday night saying the cuts would cost the South Carolina millions of dollars in funding for education and the military. 

But while no one appears to want sequestration to happen, lawmakers appear to be saying it's coming

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Whom do you blame for sequestration? Tell us in the comments.

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