“There is absolutely no excuse for travelers in one of
the world’s most advanced nations to suffer through a
travel process that wastes their precious time and
resources. With the launch of the sequester cuts, we
will call on travelers to rise up and make their voices
heard. U.S. Travel will assist travelers in their
efforts to send a strong message to Congress with a new
mobile messaging campaign. When travelers text the word
“DELAYED” to 877-877, they will receive easy
instructions on how to share their opinions with
Washington legislators.
“It is time for Washington to solve problems rather than
create potentially devastating new crises. The 14.4
million Americans whose jobs depend on travel, the two
million Americans who fly each day and the millions more
who take to the roads and rails to drive the American
economy are counting on our elected officials to deliver
results that keep our nation competitive and attractive
to travelers around the globe. We strongly urge Congress
to take immediate action on the impending federal budget
cuts.”
President Obama “Automatic Budget Cuts Will Hurt
Economy, Slow Recovery, and Put People Out of Work”. The
President called on Congress to find a balanced approach
to deficit reduction that combines tax reform with
additional spending reforms an approach that doesn’t
harm our economy or the middle class.
“This is not an abstraction," President Obama said.
“There are people whose livelihoods are at stake.
There are communities that are going to be impacted
in a negative way. And I know that sometimes all
this squabbling in Washington seems very abstract,
and in the abstract, people like the idea, there
must be some spending we can cut, there must be some
waste out there. There absolutely is. But this isn’t
the right way to do it.”
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