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Economist Calls Sequester Cuts ‘A Hiccup’ For La.
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kpel965.com
- Mar 5, 2013
By Brandon Comeaux Mar 4, 2013 5:50 PM
Jim Richardson
The sequester deadline has come and gone. $85 billion in federal spending cuts, including a loss of millions of dollars in federal funding for education and about 7,000 defense employees furloughed.
So what does that mean for federal workers in Louisiana? Less than two percent of the state’s 1.9 million workers are federal employees, about 35,000 federal employees according to LSU economist Jim Richardson. Richardson says Louisiana can survive this:
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Category: Louisiana
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