Sequestration Budget Cuts Data: Which MA Counties Have the Most Federal Employees?
MIddlesex County has more than 9,000 federal employees, most of whom work in defense.
The numbers here show the federal employees in Massachusetts by county in 2012, according to the latest figures from Eye on Washington, a DC-based lobbying firm that tracks federal employment. It compiles the data from the Office of Personnel Management, Federal Employment Statistics and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While much has been made written on how the current sequestration battle in Washington could affect the national economy, these numbers are meant to give readers a sense of the sequestration at the local level. No one knows for certain what the sequestration cuts, some $85 billion, will mean exactly. Even if the March 1 federal cuts are enacted, the full effects would not be felt immediately. The government is required to …
Karl Ian Sagal
3:53 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Why is it that when the President raised the taxes of all working people by 2% this January 1, it was supposed to not be that big a deal. We all took that 2% pay cut or reduction to our budgets without a major crisis. But, now with a 2% cut facing the federal government, which will still leave more money to spend this year over last year, all of the sudden putting the army and all teachers out of… more ›