What Will The Sequestration Mean For The U.S. and Maryland?

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February 27, 2013 – Segment 2

We move into a conversation on the upcoming sequestration – across the board cuts in federal spending – that will take place on Friday if President Obama and Congress cannot come to an agreement on the budget. We are joined by:

• Imara Jones, Colorlines economic justice contributor;
• Dr. Linda Loubert, assistant professor of Economics at Morgan State University;
• Margaret Flowers, co-director of ItsOurEconomy.us and co-host of the radio show Clearing the FOG;
• and Evan Feinberg, president of Generation Opportunity.

Then, Congressman John Sarbanes of Maryland’s 3rd District explains the impact all of this could have on Maryland.