Reply #6: If you compare where we are now, to where we will be after this passes,

[karynnj]

it is Democratic programs that will have been defunded. In addition, many jobs will be lost that are funded by these programs. We are finally getting some private job growth - about 250,000 a month. I don't know the number of jobs that these cuts will cause because I don't think this bill has been analyzed that way yet. Remember though that just as creating jobs has a multiplier effect, this will also have a multiplier effect in the opposite direction. The question is whether the fragile recovery will be strong enough to absorb this and continue to move forward.

In addition to the macro effects, consider that many people receiving the services will be impacted. With Head Start cuts, there will not just be teachers impacted, but parents whose children lose the service. Reducing Pell grants may mean many might have to take even more debt or drop out of (or no go to) college.

I think people did not understand what they were voting for when they voted in the Republican house. I know that sounds incredibly arrogant, but I really don't think that many people voted for things that will hurt them.