With the federal budget deficit at a record $1.6 trillion, President Obama is trying to figure out where there can be reasonable cuts in the budget that can help bring down the deficit. From cutting NASA planned manned moon missions to cutting flood-control projects in California, Obama is searching high and low for cuts he can bring to the budget while trying to please voters and fellow politicians. However, while most politicians are happy to see cuts to the deficit, most are not happy to see cuts in the budget. Senators realize that many cuts in Obama’s plan focus around domestic projects and programs which brings fears of even more job loss in certain areas. Cutting NASA’s manned moon missions brought protest from areas directly effected (like Florida and Texas) while cuts to defense programs brought even greater ire to the President. Cuts to Pentagon C-17 cargo planes not only brought protest from Senators, who feel cutting defense from the budget is dangerous, but also from contractors and workers that help build the planes.
Ultimately, some Senators feel that Obama is focusing the budget cuts around specific areas and votes. This has brought a lot of objection from Senators who’s budgets would be effected. In the end, Congress will have the final say if the budget passes or not regardless of whether or not Obama created it. If the proposed cuts pass then we just have to hope that Americans were represented accurately through the majority votes.
