DoD legal guidance was the cliff can be avoided by a political settlement, thus it would be wrong to panick the people until the political deal fails to occur. Under DoD legal guidance, managers cannot inform their workers until the last moment. Problem many DoD workers do not pay attention to politics. From the financial papers they read, MSM argue a deal will happen because the sequestor is too horrible to accept.
Problem with the legal guidance is during the 1994 shutdown, DoD made plans way ahead of the shutdown and managers prepped. So why was it legal to prepare in 1994 and illegal to prepare in 2012? Something is not right here.
“Problem with the legal guidance is during the 1994 shutdown, DoD made plans way ahead of the shutdown and managers prepped. So why was it legal to prepare in 1994 and illegal to prepare in 2012? Something is not right here.”
That’s my point. In 1994, there was no spending authorization...so they had nothing to spend, and had to prepare for that. Today it’s similar with the cliff...just a cut in spending instead...and the should have been preparing.