Gov. Walker: Call Obama’s ‘bluff’ on sequester
Walker is in Washington, D.C., this week for the National Governors Association conference. The nation’s governors will meet with President Obama at the White House today. The visit comes as the administration seeks to pressure GOP lawmakers to accept a package of spending cuts and tax hikes to offset the $85 billion in sequester cuts taking effect on March 1.
The White House has attempted to rally public support by highlighting the real-world fallout from the cuts, claiming that teachers will lose their jobs, the nation’s transportation network will be slowed down, that healthcare and education programs will be scaled back and that the nation’s military readiness will be undercut. On Sunday, the administration released a series of reports detailing the effects of the sequester on a state-by-state basis.
Republicans, though, say they want any sequester replacement to focus on spending cuts and entitlement reforms, and not include additional tax revenues. GOP lawmakers have also said that the president owns the sequester and has focused more on scaring voters and less on finding a solution to avert the budget ax.
“Call the bluff and let them go forward in doing it, there’s got to be a better way — it’s not about avoiding cuts, it’s not about tax increases, it’s about cutting true waste, fraud and abuse,” said Walker.
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