We will see quickly why the Republicans were salivating to have the sequestration cuts go into effect. They now have their own budget in the House and Paul Ryan, the Republican budgeteer, has brought out the big guns.
The primary target is the Affordable Care Act, "Obamacare." If this were repealed, 30 million Americans would again be without health insurance. Hospital emergency rooms would again find themselves providing primary care for uninsured patients, sending hospital costs upward. This is just one area of health care that would suffer.
And this is just one of the targets of Mr. Ryan. There are more.
Yes, the Republican budget will give us a smaller government. But when all is said and done, let us see how many citizens would be penalized — certainly not those sitting in Congress.
Addie Johnson,
East Greenbush