The Sequester

This past Friday, the US government passed the deadline for the sequester, automatically initiating budget cuts.  However, some of these cuts make absolutely no sense.  One automatic cut is regarding the distribution of vaccines.  This article explains why this cut is absurd.

First of all, this cut does not make sense in terms of disease prevention.  Without giving certain vaccinations to large quantities of people, there is a higher chance of the reemergence of diseases that  have been non-existant for years such as polio.

Additionally, vaccines are used in order to save money: "Vaccines are one of the most cost-effective preventative strategies in health care, saving billions of dollars a year".  Why would the government cut something that saves money?!?!?!  Some of the sequester cuts are understandable but seriously. Yes, cuts had to be made, but don't make cuts in a sector that will lead to more debt.  Also, the government claims they care significantly about healthcare, but are depriving people from receiving vaccines.  

If the government truly cared about the health of the people, they would cut from a different sector.   Yes, it's upsetting that they are giving less money for vaccines, but that isn't what is frustrating.  What is frustrating is that the government spends money on many unneeded projects, but when they do decide to cut spending, they are making the debt worse.  How does it make any logical sense to cut something that will put you in more debt than if you didn't cut it at all?  IT DOESN'T

Do you think the government is doing the right thing by cutting spending on vaccinations?  And do you think the government spends uncontrollably on unnecessary projects? Please leave comments below.